Laboratory comparison of vacuum, OSHA, and HUD sampling methods for lead in household dust

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Reynolds, Stephen J ^a   Etre, Lois ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^a   Whitten, Paul ^a   Selim, Mustafa ^a   Popendorf, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Surface sampling; Wipe sampling

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030990521     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012685     Document Type: Article

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