Validation of the criteria for initiating the cleaning of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) ductwork under real conditions

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 467-472

  Lavoie, Jacques ^a   Marchand, Genevieve ^a   Cloutier, Yves ^a   Lavoue, Jerome ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cleaning; criteria; HVAC ductwork; real conditions; validation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOLS; VENTILATION;

EID: 79960720980     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.590740     Document Type: Article

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