Emission of airborne fibers from mechanically impacted asbestos-cement sheets and concentration of fibrous aerosol in the home environment in Upper Silesia, Poland

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1171-1177

  Pastuszka, Jozef S ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Emission factor; Fiber containing materials; Fibrous aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ASBESTOS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CEMENTS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; LOUDSPEAKERS; SURFACES;

BUILDING FACADES; EMISSION FACTOR; EMISSION RATES; FIBER CONCENTRATIONS; FIBROUS AEROSOL; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; HOME ENVIRONMENTS; IMPACT ENERGIES; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; LONG FIBERS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MECHANICAL IMPACTS; SHORT FIBERS; SI SYSTEMS; SURFACE EMISSIONS; WORN SURFACES;

FIBERS;

ASBESTOS;

AEROSOL; ASBESTOS; CEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FILTER; INDOOR AIR;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD EMISSION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAND;

ADHESIVES; AEROSOLS; ASBESTOS; FATIGUE; FIBERS; LOUDSPEAKERS; SURFACES;

RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 57649238766     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.045     Document Type: Article

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