Assessment of Worker Exposure to Occupational Organic Dust in a Hemp Processing Facility.
The cultivation and processing of industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L. is a developing industry in Australia. Exposure to hemp dust is demonstrated as producing reactive and respiratory health effects, potentially causing permanent lung disease or damage. The aim of this study was to assess the airbo...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Work Exposures & Health Vol. 64; no. 7; pp. 745 - 754 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2020
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