Asbestos exposures during routine floor tile maintenance. Part 2: Ultra high speed burnishing and wet-stripping

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Kominsky, John R ^a   Freyberg, Ronald W ^a   Clark, Patrick J ^b   Hollett, Bruce A ^b   Edwards, Alva ^b   Wilmoth, Roger C ^b   Boiano, James M ^a   Brackett, Kim A ^c  

^a Environmental Quality Management Inc   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TN and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031945553     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10389134     Document Type: Article

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