Measurement precision with the coal mine dust personal sampler

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 999-1006

  Kogut, Jon ^a   Tomb, Thomas F ^b   Parobeck, Paul S ^b   Gero, Andrew J ^b   Supper, Karen L ^b  

^a Denver Safety/Hlth Technol Ctr   (United States)

^b Mine Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; CALCULATION; COAL MINING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031415771     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390640     Document Type: Article

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