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

Garza, Jennifer L.; Cavallari, Jennifer M.; Wakai, Sara; Schenck, Paula; Simcox, Nancy; Morse, Tim; Meyer, John D.; Cherniack, Martin

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

Published Date:

Jun 04 2015

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22484 New Site Icon

Source:

Am J Ind Med. 58(9):988-995.

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Garza, Jennifer L. ; Cavallari, Jennifer M. ; Wakai, Sara ; Schenck, Paula ; Simcox, Nancy ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26040239

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4976595

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.

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Journal Article

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5R21OH009831-02/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
R21 OH009831/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States

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