Monitoring surface and airborne inorganic contamination in the workplace by a field portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-610

  Dost, A A ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SAMPLING; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

AIRBORNE INORGANIC CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; FILTER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030273218     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4878(96)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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