A study of area and personal airborne asbestos samples during abatement in a crawl space

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 192-200

  Lange, J H ^a   Kuhn, B D ^a   Thomulka, K W ^b   Sites, S L M ^c  

^a GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Northeastern Environmental Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Area sampling; Asbestos abatement; Glove bag; Occupational exposure; Personal sampling

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0034495584     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057507     Document Type: Article

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