Quantitative microbial risk assessment in occupational settings applied to the airborne human adenovirus infection

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Carducci, Annalaura ^a   Donzelli, Gabriele ^a   Cioni, Lorenzo ^b   Verani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne infectious; Human adenovirus (HAdV); Occupational exposure; Quantitative microbial risk assessment

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE TIME; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LANDFILL; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; VIROLOGICAL MONITORING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WORKPLACE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIRUS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE WATER;

HUMAN ADENOVIRUS;

SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE; VIRUSES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84979257142     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13070733     Document Type: Article

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