Dust and fibers as a cause of indoor environment problems

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages 10-17

  Schneider, Thomas ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Control; Deposition; Penetration; Resuspension; Review; Source; Synthetic vitreous fiber; Track in; Transport

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLEANUP; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DUST; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLEANING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNTHETIC FIBER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 42549156149     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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