The Performance of Personal Inhalable Dust Samplers in Wood-Products Industry Facilities

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 763-769

  Tatum, Vickie L ^a   Ray, Alison E ^a   Rovell Rixx, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravimetric Measurement; Particulate Matter; Sampling; Wood Dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; WOOD DUST;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034938430     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220121612     Document Type: Article

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