| Document ID (ISN) | 53593 |
| CIS number |
90-659 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-4878 - Annals of Occupational Hygiene |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Lacey J., Crook B. |
| Title |
Fungal and actinomycete spores as pollutants of the workplace and occupational allergens |
| Bibliographic information |
1988, Vol.32, No.4, p.515-533. Bibl. |
| Abstract |
Heaviest exposure to airborne spores is often found in the workplace. Important sources are agricultural crops, mushrooms, wood for timber or pulping, composts, food processing and, increasingly, biotechnological processes. Many of the spores concerned are 1-5µm in diameter and they may number up to 1010 spores/m3 air. Many of the organisms found are well-known allergens and have been implicated in occupational asthma or extrinsic allergic alveolitis. Some may also cause infection, e.g. Aspergillus fumigatus, or carry mycotoxins, e.g. Aspergillus flavus, while very intense exposure may cause "organic dust toxic syndrome". Important factors in the development of occupational asthma and allergic alveolitis are predisposition and the nature, intensity and duration of exposure. Examples of exposure to fungal and actinomycete spores in different occupational environments are described. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
compost; allergens; spores; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; thermophilic actinomycetes; biotechnology industry; allergic asthma; agriculture; food industry; woodworking industry; fungi |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
airborne dust; allergic alveolitis; length of exposure; survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
Food industry
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Allergies
Woodworking industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Pneumoconioses
Biotechnology industry
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