Cellulosic Building Insulation versus Mineral Wool, Fiberglass or Perlite: Installer's Exposure by Inhalation of Fibers, Dust, Endotoxin and Fire-retardant Additives

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 653-669

  Breum, N O ^a,c   Schneider, T ^a   Jorgensen O ^a   Valdbjorn Rasmussen T ^b   Skibstrup Eriksen, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Danish Building and Urban Research ^*  (Denmark)

^c Natl Working Environment Authority   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Dustiness; Fiber; Insulation; Mineral

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DUST; FIBERS; INSULATION; MINERAL WOOL; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM; BORON; FLAX; GLASS FIBERS; HEALTH RISKS; INSULATING MATERIALS; LINEN; MINERALS; PERMAFROST; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOL; YARN;

TASK-SPECIFIC EXPOSURE MATRIX;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; FIBERS;

ALUMINUM; BORON; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENDOTOXIN; FLAME RETARDANT; GLASS FIBER; PERLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOL;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CELLULOSE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; GLASS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BUILDING INSULATIONS; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; DUSTINESS; INSULATION MATERIALS; LOOSE-FILL MATERIAL; MATRIX ELEMENTS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RISK OF EXPOSURES;

EID: 0242665451     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg090     Document Type: Article

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