Unknown exposures: Gaps in basic characterization addressed with person-portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrumentation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-138

  Smith, Philip A ^a,e   Roe, Marc T A ^b   Sadowski, Charles ^c   Lee, Edgar D ^d  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c Smiths Detection   (United States)

^d Torion Technologies   (United States)

^e USDOL OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; real time analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; STANDARD;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 79951626882     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.550865     Document Type: Article

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