Mineral fibre sampling and size selection

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-124

  Morigi, M P ^a   Maltoni Giacomelli, G ^a   Prodi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic diameter; Fibre sampling; Inertialspectrometer; INSPEC; Size separation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FIBERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING; SPECTROMETERS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; INERTIAL SPECTROMETER; MINERAL FIBERS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

GLASS FIBER; MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; INHALATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0344959554     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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