Exposure to airborne asbestos during abatement of ceiling material, window caulking, floor tile, and roofing material

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 718-722

  Lange, J H ^a   Sites, S L M ^b   Mastrangelo, G ^c   Thomulka, K W ^d  

^a ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Analytical Laboratory Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33845719540     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1122-8     Document Type: Article

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