A comparison of X-ray fluorescence and wet chemical analysis of air filter samples from a scrap lead smelting operation

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 819-826

  Harper, Martin ^a   Hallmark, Timothy S ^b,c   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Bird, Aaron J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; LEAD; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; STYRENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BULLET; BUTTON SAMPLER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSED FACE FILTER CASSETTE; FILTER; GSP CONE SAMPLER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECROSCOPY; INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE INHALABLE SAMPLER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WET CHAMICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8344287536     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b405023c     Document Type: Article

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