A study of personal and area airborne asbestos concentrations during asbestos abatement: A statistical evaluation of fibre concentration data

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-466

  Lange, J H ^a   Lange, P R ^a   Reinhard, T K ^b   Thomulka, K W ^c  

^a ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Allsafe Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PIPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY DEVICES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIRBORNE ASBESTOS CONCENTRATIONS; ASBESTOS ABATEMENT; FIBRE CONCENTRATION DATA;

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030222006     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4878(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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