Determinants of wood dust exposure in the danish furniture industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 673-685

  Mikkelsen, Anders B ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Sigsgaard, Torben ^b   Schaumburg, Inger ^a  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure determinants; Furniture industry; Inhalable dust; Mixed effects model; Preventive measures; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DUST; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; WOODWORKING; AIR CLEANERS; AIR INTAKES; COMPRESSED AIR; DUST CONTROL; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WOOD;

DUST EXPOSURE;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; DUST;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARPENTER; DUST EXPOSURE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; INHALATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; WOOD DUST; WORK SCHEDULE; AIR POLLUTANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; DUST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WOOD;

CLEANING; DUST; HEALTH; SANITATION; STERILIZATION; VENTILATION; WOOD WORKING; FURNITURE; MODELS; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DENMARK; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WOOD;

EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; FURNITURE INDUSTRY; INHALABLE DUST; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0036831376     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef082     Document Type: Article

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