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KMID : 1023420080080010034
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2008 Volume.8 No. 1 p.34 ~ p.41
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Influence Factors on health of Dental Hygienist by Dental Office’s Indoor Air Quality
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Park Myung-Suk
Choi Mi-Suk
Ji Dong-Ha
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Abstract
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This survey was compared and analyzed about the primary factor that dental office’s working environment effect on physical subjective symptom and based on self-filling survey, 656 dental hygienists on July through August 2006, and analyzed using descriptive statics, ANOVA and Multiple Regression Analysis. The result of satisfaction degree of hospital working environment was pretty low about office air condition. Most people have complained that office’s air quality makes it difficult to their work and mentioned that they were sore and dull all over the back, shoulder, and neck. The odor is major factor to be satisfied with office environment. Proper ventilates the way open the window more often was essential to maintain fresh indoor air quality and keep the extraction materials by separator and sealing tightly for remove the odor. Other factors were temperature, lighting fixture, ventilation facilities, and freshness of air. Dental hygienist was unsatisfied with hospital air condition and this polluted air condition was the cause of physical subjective symptom in work place. Furthermore, this research would be applied for improvement of working environment by decreasing of indoor air pollution.
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KEYWORD
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Indoor Air Quality, Dental hygienist, Satisfaction degree, Symptoms
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