Assessment of potential hazards during the process of house building in Estonia

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Bogovski, Sergei ^a,c   Lang, Iina ^a   Rjazanov, Vladislav ^a   Muzyka, Vladimir ^a   Tuulik, Viiu ^b   Vitak, Anu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c National Institute for Heath Development   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Dust; Microclimate; Noise; Organic solvents; Subjective health assessment

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; LEAD; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAINT; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

AMBIENT NOISE; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH MONITORING; MICROCLIMATE; NOISE POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ESTONIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NOISE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ESTONIA; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447128311     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701219238     Document Type: Article

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