Field evaluation of mercury vapor analytical methods: Comparison of the "Double amalgam method" and ISO 17733

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Takaya, Mitsutoshi ^a   Joeng, Jee Yeon ^b   Ishihara, Nobuo ^c,d   Serita, Fumio ^a   Kohyama, Norihiko ^a,e  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^c TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Miyagiken Rodoeisei igaku Kyokai   (Japan)

^e TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double amalgam; Gold amalgam; Hopcalite ; ISO 17733; Mercury; Mercury vapor; Workplace air

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; OXIDATION; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GOLD; JAPAN; KOREA; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33646672871     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.287     Document Type: Article

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