A field study to assess the long-term sampling feasibility of evacuated canisters and the development of a mathematical model to analyze potential sampling bias

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 474-480

  Rossner, Alan ^a   Wick, David P ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Capillary canister; Evacuated canister; Long term sampling; Sampling bias

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; SORBENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; EVACUATED CANISTER; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STODDARD SOLVENT; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TIME;

EID: 24144434915     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620500252779     Document Type: Article

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