A Novel Personal Air Sampling Device for Collecting Volatile Organic Compounds: A Comparison to Charcoal Tubes and Diffusive Badges

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Rossner, Alan ^a   Farant, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canisters; Charcoal tubes; Diffusive badges; Personal air sampling

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMATION; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 1442355913     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490275542     Document Type: Article

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