Performance of asbestos fibre counting laboratories by transmission electron microscopy

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Kauffer, E ^a   Martine, M ^a   Grzebyk, M ^a   Vigneron, J C ^a   Sandino, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos counting; Proficiency testing; Quality control; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASBESTOS FIBER COUNTING;

ASBESTOS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; FIBER; FRANCE; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASBESTOS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERAL FIBERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0035191979     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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