Field application of the nanoparticle emission assessment technique (NEAT): Task-based air monitoring during the processing of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) at four facilities

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 543-555

  Methner, M ^a   Beaucham, C ^a   Crawford, C ^a   Hodson, L ^a   Geraci, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Airborne mass concentration; Emissions; Exposure; Nanoparticles; Particle number concentration; Qualitative transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84867218482     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.699388     Document Type: Article

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