Traditional and environmentally preferable cleaning product exposure and health symptoms in custodians

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• Personal Author:
  Cavallari JM ; Cherniack, Martin G. ; Garza JL ; Meyer, J. D. ; Morse T ; Schenck P ; Simcox N ; Wakai S
• Description:
  Background: We investigated the associations between traditional and environmentally preferable cleaning product exposure and dermal, respiratory, and musculoskeletal symptoms in a population of custodians. Methods: We analyzed associations between symptoms and exposure to traditional and environmentally preferable cleaning product exposure among 329 custodians. Results: We observed increased odds of dermal (P<0.01), upper (P=0.01) and lower respiratory (P=0.01), and upper extremity (P<0.01), back (P<0.01), and lower extremity (P=0.01) musculoskeletal symptoms associated with increased typical traditional cleaning product exposure. We observed significant trends for increased odds of dermal (P=0.03) and back (P=0.04) and lower (P=0.02) extremity musculoskeletal symptoms associated with increased typical environmentally preferable cleaning product exposure. Conclusions: Fewer positive associations and reduced odds of health symptoms associated with environmentally preferable cleaning product exposure suggest that these products may represent a safer alternative to traditional cleaning products. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Maintenance Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Skin Skin Diseases Women

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health And Safety Chemical-cleaning Chemical-composition Chemical-properties Cleaning-compounds Employee-exposure Environmental-technology Exposure-assessment Exposure Assessment Extremities Housekeeping-personnel Housekeeping-products Humans Maintenance-workers Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational Hygiene Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-measures Skin-disorders Skin-exposure Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046313
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Sep; 58(9):988-995
• Contact Point Address:
  Jennifer L. Garza, ScD, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UConn Health, 270 Farmington Ave Suite 262, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
• Email:
  Garza@uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine, Farmington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf2feea5e6d6ed6395179c9bbaed093ad4239ac83d69968c17e964093c2cd4a8c5e973ef807b559250b932c8ad47f02d158e495602aad1e165be9b8f06f72338
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201411/cdc_201411_DS1.pdf
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