Fiber numbers per unit weight of JFM standard reference samples determined with a scanning electron microscope

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-387

  Yamato, Hiroshi ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Tsuda, Tohru ^a   Ohgami, Akira ^a   Kohyama, Norihiko ^b   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos substitutes; Fiber number per unit weight; Glass wool; Man made mineral fiber; Reference sample; Refractory fiber; Rock wool; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ASBESTOS; CALCIUM SILICATE; GLASS; MINERAL FIBER; SILICON DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD;

EID: 0031795102     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.384     Document Type: Article

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