Correcting diacetyl concentrations from air samples collected with NIOSH Method 2557

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-70

  Cox Ganser, Jean ^a   Ganser, Gary ^b   Saito, Rena ^a   Hobbs, Gerald ^b   Boylstein, Randy ^a   Hendricks, Warren ^c   Simmons, Michael ^c   Eide, Mary ^c   Kullman, Greg ^a   Piacitelli, Chris ^a  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

correction equation; diacetyl; humidity effect; sample storage effect

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; FLAVORING AGENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; DIACETYL; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651398391     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.540168     Document Type: Article

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