Refinement of the Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique into the Nanomaterial Exposure Assessment Technique (NEAT 2.0)

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 708-717

  Eastlake, Adrienne C ^a   Beaucham, Catherine ^a   Martinez, Kenneth F ^a   Dahm, Matthew M ^a   Sparks, Christopher ^b   Hodson, Laura L ^a   Geraci, Charles L ^a  

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

^b BUREAU VERITAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission; nanomaterial; NEAT; occupational exposure assessment; sampling

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; NANOMATERIAL;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84979971108     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2016.1167278     Document Type: Article

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