Measurement of selected indoor physical environmental factors in hairdresser salons in a Turkish City

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 471-477

  Evci, E D ^a,b   Bilgin, M D ^a   Akgor S ^a   Zencirci, S G ^a   Ergin F ^a   Beser E ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depilatory heaters; Electrical fields; Electromagnetic fields; Hairdressers; Hairdryers; Hood hairdryers; Humidity; Illumination; Public health; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE; LIGHTING;

HEALTH STATUS; INDOOR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; CITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY; WORKPLACE;

AYDIN; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 35848971176     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9637-y     Document Type: Article

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