Personal monitoring instrument for the selective measurement of multiple organic vapors

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-204

  Park, Jeongim ^a   Zhang, Guo Zheng ^a   Zellers, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas detector; Pattern recognition; Personal exposure; Sensor array; Surface acoustic wave sensor; Vapor sensor

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034005594     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1202/0002-8894(2000)061<0192:pmifts>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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