Airborne Asbestos Levels in School Buildings in Italy

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 256-261

  Campopiano, Antonella ^a,b   Casciardi, Stefano ^a   Fioravanti, Flavia ^a   Ramires, Deborah ^a  

^a Natl Inst for Occup Safety/Prev   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne fibers; Asbestos; Asbestos containing material; Indoor pollution; Risk assessment; School building

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL; STAFF; STUDENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; MINERAL FIBERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS;

EID: 1842558669     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490433771     Document Type: Article

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