National versus international asbestos fibre counting schemes: Comparison between the Spanish Interlaboratory Quality Control Programme (PICC-FA) and the Asbestos Fibre Regular Informal Counting Arrangement (AFRICA)

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Arroyo, M C ^a   Rojo, J M ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; EVALUATION; FIBERS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LABORATORIES; PERFORMANCE;

ASBESTOS FIBER COUNTING; ASBESTOS FIBER COUNTING LABORATORY; ASBESTOS FIBER REGULAR INFORMAL COUNTING ARRANGEMENT; INTERLABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROFICIENCY TEST;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN;

EID: 0032006404     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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