Determinants of exposure to 2-butoxyethanol from cleaning tasks: A Quasi-experimental study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-135

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 butoxyethanol (2 BE); Asthma; Cleaning exposures; Cleaning health effects; Cleaning products; Exposure determinants; Exposure models; Occupational hygiene; Quantitative exposure assessment; Quasi experimental study; Total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs)

Indexed keywords

2-BUTOXYETHANOL (2-BE); ASTHMA; CLEANING PRODUCTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LINEAR REGRESSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLEANING;

DETERGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; N BUTOXYETHANOL; N-BUTOXYETHANOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84872745996     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes054     Document Type: Article

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