Evaluation of bystander exposures to asbestos in occupational settings: A review of the literature and application of a simple eddy diffusion model

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-72

  Donovan, Ellen P ^a   Donovan, Brooke L ^a   Sahmel, Jennifer ^a   Scott, Paul K ^b   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b Ezekoye Engineering Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; bystander exposure; exposure assessment; indirect exposure; industrial hygiene; near field

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ASBESTOS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FIBER; FRICTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIAL COATING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78651401808     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.506639     Document Type: Review

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