Occupational exposures among domestic and industrial professional cleaners

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 458-463

  Arif, Ahmed A ^a   Hughes, Patrick C ^b   Delclos, George L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaners; Focus group; Janitors; Occupational asthmagens; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BLEACHING AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; SKILL; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949101114     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn082     Document Type: Article

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