Characterizing and controlling industrial dust: A case study in small particle measurement

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 43-58

  Combes, Richard S ^a   Warren, D Allan ^b  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Dust; Micromeritics; Monitoring; Occupational safety; Particulate

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMISSION SOURCES; ESOTERIC SCIENCE; FINE PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL DUST;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DUST CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABORATORY; MICROMERITICS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 19444379292     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-0761-2     Document Type: Article

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