Evaluation of a standardized method for determining soluble silver in workplace air samples

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-139

  Drake, Pamela L ^a   Marcy, A Dale ^a,b   Ashley, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b North Idaho College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLITEF; SILVER NITRATE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FILTRATION; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SILVER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644841216     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b511150a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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