Video exposure monitoring as part of a strategy to assess exposure to nanoparticles

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 937-945

  Beurskens Comuth, Petra A W V ^a   Verbist, Koen ^a   Brouwer, Derk ^b  

^a Arbo Unie   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; nanoparticles; ultrafines; video exposure monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BREATHING ZONES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; HUMAN HEALTH; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL RISKS; REAL TIME MONITORING; RISK COMMUNICATION; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SURFACE AREA; TECHNICAL REVIEWS; ULTRA-FINES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; VIDEO EXPOSURE MONITORING; WORKER EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE AIR;

CONDITION MONITORING; HEALTH RISKS; INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RATING;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIDEORECORDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80054754493     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer060     Document Type: Article

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