Man-made vitreous fibers in office buildings in the Helsinki area

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 624-631

  Salonen, Heidi J ^a   Lappalainen, Sanna K ^a   Riuttala, Henri M ^a   Tossavainen, Antti P ^a   Pasanen, Pertti O ^b   Reijula, Kari E ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Irritation symptoms; Man made vitreous fibers (MMVF); Office building; Surface dust

Indexed keywords

MINERAL FIBER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; MINERAL FIBERS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 69249226363     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903133667     Document Type: Article

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