Do central vacuum cleaners produce less indoor airborne dust or airborne cat allergen, during and after vacuuming, compared with regular vacuum cleaners?

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-177

  Van Strien, R T ^a   Driessen, M N B M ^b   Oldenwening, M ^a   Doekes, G ^a   Brunekreef, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting de Waarden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Cat allergen; Central vacuum cleaner; Cleaning; Fel d 1

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; CLEANING; DUST; VACUUM CLEANERS;

AIRBORNE DUSTS; CAT ALLERGEN; CENTRAL SYSTEMS; CENTRAL VACUUM CLEANER; CLEANING; CLEANING PROTOCOLS; CLEANING SYSTEM; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; FEL D 1; VACUUM CLEANING;

ALLERGENS;

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CAT; CLEANING; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACUUM;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 2442449053     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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