Quantitative assessment of airborne exposures generated during common cleaning tasks: A pilot study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bello, Anila ^a,b   Quinn, Margaret M ^b   Perry, Melissa J ^a   Milton, Donald K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTHOXYETHANOL; 2 BUTOXYETHANOL; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL ETHOXY SULFATE; ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; DIDECYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHANOLAMINE; FRAGRANCE; GLASS; N ALKYL DIMETHYL BENZYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TETRASODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMMONIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASTHMA; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CLEANUP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IONIZATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT READING INSTRUMENT; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSTRUMENT; IONIZATION; MIRROR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; SANITATION; SINK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOILET BOWL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78649490851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-76     Document Type: Article

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