Risk remaining from fine particle contaminants after vacuum cleaning of hard floor surfaces

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-611

  Hunt, Andrew ^a   Johnson, David L ^b   Brooks, J ^b   Griffith, Daniel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Contamination; Floor dust; Soil; Vacuuming

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HOUSEKEEPING; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 55749094359     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9183-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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