Field testing of the LWW dust sampler and association of observed household factors with dust loadings

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 476-483

  Freeman, N C G ^a,b   Wainman, T ^a,b   Lioy, P J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DUST; HOUSEHOLD; KITCHEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0029901537     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389359     Document Type: Article

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