Occupational Exposure to Flour Dust. Exposure Assessment and Effectiveness of Control Measures
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Exposure to flour dust in the occupational environment
Exposure to flour dust can be found in the food industry and animal feed production. It may result in various adverse health outcomes from conjunctivitis to baker's asthma. In this paper, flour dust exposure in the above-mentioned occupational environments is characterized and its health effects are discussed. A peer-reviewed literature search was carried out and all available published materia...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17145182