Field evaluation of a portable photoionization detector for assessing exposure to solvent mixtures

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 268-274

  Coy, James D ^a   Bigelow, Philip L ^b   Buchan, Roy M ^b   Tessari, John D ^b   Parnell, James O ^c  

^a MS A199   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Department of Industrial Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Construction painters; Exposure assessment; Gas chromatography; Photoionization detector; Solvent mixtures

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033627312     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1202/0002-8894(2000)061<0268:feoapp>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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