Enhanced Particle Filtration in a Non-Problem Office Environment: Summary Findings From a Double-Blind Crossover Intervention Study

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• Personal Author:
  Boeniger, Mark F. ; Deddens JA ; Dong MX ; Faulkner D ; Fisk WJ ; Hines CJ ; Mendell MJ ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Ruder, Avima M. ; Sullivan D
• Description:
  In a double-bind crossover study in an office building without known complaints, enhanced particle filtration greatly reduced concentrations of submicron airborne particles and was associated with slight improvements in most questionnaire outcomes. However, chance effects could be excluded only for confusion, too stuffy, and too humid. Higher temperatures even within conventional comfort limits were related to significant worsening of many questionnaire outcomes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Conditioning Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Filtration Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-conditioning Air-conditioning-equipment Air-contamination Air-filters Air-monitoring Air-purification Air-quality-control Air-quality-measurement Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-dusts Airborne-fibers Airborne-particles Analytical-methods Analytical-processes Closed-building-syndrome Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Office-equipment Office-workers Particulate-dust Particulates Respirable-dust Statistical-analysis Ventilation-systems Work-environment

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• ISBN:
  1860812953
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028174
• Citation:
  Proceedings of Indoor Air '99, The 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Volume 4, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 8-13, 1999. London: Construction Research Communications Ltd., 1999 Aug; :974-975
• Editor(s):
  Raw G; Aizlewood C; Warren P
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of Indoor Air '99, The 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Volume 4, Garston, Scotland, August 8-13, 1999
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b48bd36e6e568abcd906455d05f56b3d9640b6a1542d79d90fa391f13f6bbdc2a64f38232a375ff5bbdcb8324ebc0287b37f75d904c57288b7ad768effcd94da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189799/cdc_189799_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 181.80 KB ]