Determinants of wood dust exposure in the Danish furniture industry - Results from two cross-sectional studies 6 years apart

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-238

  Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Jacobsen, Gitte ^b   Erlandsen, Mogens ^a   Mikkelsen, Anders B ^b   Schaumburg, Inger ^b   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Furniture industry; Hygiene assessment; Inhalable dust; Mixed effect models; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

DUST CONTROL; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; GEOMETRY; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; PAPER COATING; STANDARDS; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; WOOD; AIR CLEANERS; CLEANING; COMPRESSED AIR; DUST; PRESSURE VESSELS; VENTILATION;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; CLEANING PROCEDURES; DENMARK; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; EXHAUST VENTILATION; FURNITURE INDUSTRY; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATION (GSD); IN ORDER; MIXED MODEL (MM); WOOD DUST;

DUST; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DENMARK; EXHAUST GAS; FURNITURE; GEOMETRY; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR; WINTER; WOOD DUST;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VENTILATION; WOOD;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FURNITURE INDUSTRY; HYGIENE ASSESSMENTS; INHALABLE DUST; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; WOOD DUST;

DUST; FURNITURE; WOOD;

EID: 44949181859     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men012     Document Type: Article

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