Women's strategies for handling household detergents

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-194

  Habib, Rima R ^a   El Masri, Amal ^a   Heath, Robin L ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chemical detergents; Exposure; Handling strategies; Household cleaning products; Women

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DETERGENT; HEALTH RISK; HYGIENE; VENTILATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION; LEBANON; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

ADULT; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

ASIA; BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33646461853     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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