Performance testing of three portable, direct-reading dust monitors

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-207

  Thorpe, A ^a   Walsh, P T ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct reading dust monitor; Respirable dust

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALIBRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONTAMINATION; DUST; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CALIBRATION FACTORS; DIRECT READINGS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; RESPIRABLE DUST; SOURCES OF VARIATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

DUST; HEALTH CARE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; ACCURACY; AIR MONITOR; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; GRAVIMETRY; INHALATION; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

DIRECT-READING DUST MONITORS;

EID: 0036491086     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef035     Document Type: Article

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