Characterization of indoor air contaminants in a randomly selected set of commercial nail salons in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 419-433

  Alaves, Victor M ^a,b   Sleeth, Darrah K ^b   Thiese, Matthew S ^b   Larson, Rodney R ^b  

^a Utah Department of Transportation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Indoor air quality; Nail salons; Occupational health; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; BENZENE; COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES;

SALT LAKE COUNTY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UTAH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84888306754     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.755152     Document Type: Article

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