Organisk støv

3,200 endotoxin measurements and 3,540 organic dust measurements from Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, and Norway. Measure of exposure is Geometric mean in EU/m3.

Methodology similar to the paper on modelling of occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure for community-based studies:

Peters S, et al. Modelling of occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure for quantitative exposure assessment in community-based case-control studies. J Environ Monit. 2011 Nov;13(11):3262-8.

Though it is important to know that no prior is included in the analyses

Name: IOM

Industries included:

• Disposal of waste with energy production
• Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
• Growing of other non-perennial crops
• Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers
• Landscape service activities
• Manufacture of bread, fresh pastry goods and/or bakery products
• Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
• Manufacture of fresh bakery products
• Manufacture of grain mill products
• Manufacture of malt;Sewerage
• Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals
• Manufacture of sugar;Processing of tea and coffee
• Mixed farming;Industrial and post production processing
• Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
• Post-harvest crop activities
• Processing and preserving of poultry meat
• Production of meat and poultry meat products
• Production of other meat
• Production of pigs (piglets and finishers)
• Production of pigs for slaughtering
• Production of pork
• Raising of dairy cattle
• Raising of fur animals, etc.
• Raising of piglets
• Raising of poultry
• Raising of sheep and goats
• Seed processing for propagation
• Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
• Warehousing and storage
• Wholesale of flowers and plants
• Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

You can chose to assume that other industries are not exposed to organic dust –  the most important industries are included – but some industries are not covered.