A new passive sampler for regulated workplace aldehydes

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-262

  Tsai, Shih Wei ^a   Que Hee, Shane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Aldehyde; Aldehyde oxime; Gas chromatography; Passive sampler; Personal sampling

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALDEHYDES; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033056107     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299303034     Document Type: Article

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