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ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE
卷 54, 期 7, 页码 824-832出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq047
关键词
dust; endotoxin; impactor; poultry; respirable; size fractions
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-49403, MOP-57907]
Methods: Fifteen CH and 15 FH poultry operations were sampled for stationary measurements (area) of dust and associated endotoxin. Fractioned samples were collected utilizing Marple cascade impactors. Gravimetric and endotoxin analysis were conducted on each of the filters. Results: When assessed by individual Marple stage, there was significantly greater airborne endotoxin concentration (endotoxin units per cubic meter) in the size fraction > 9.8 mu m for the FH operations whereas at the size fraction 1.6-3.5 mu m, the CH operations had significantly greater airborne endotoxin concentration than the FH operations. Endotoxin concentration in the dust mass (endotoxin units per milligram) was significantly greater in the CH operations as compared to the FH operations for all size fractions > 1.6 mu m. As such, endotoxin in the respirable fraction accounted for 24% of the total endotoxin in the CH operations whereas it accounted for only 11% in the FH operations. There was significantly more dust in all size fractions in the FH operations as compared to the CH poultry operations. Conclusions: There is more endotoxin in the presence of significantly lower dust levels in the respirable particle size fractions in CH poultry operations as compared to the FH poultry operations. This difference in respirable endotoxin may be important in relation to the differential respiratory response experienced by CH and FH poultry operation workers.
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