The real issue with wall deposits in closed filter cassetteswhat's the sample?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Brisson, Michael J ^a   Archuleta, Melecita M ^b  

^a Department of Energy Savannah River Site   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Exposure assessment; Workplace monitoring

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; BIOFILTER; DUST; ELECTRICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BERYLLIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70449564548     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903261427     Document Type: Review

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