A More Rational Method for Sampling of Airborne Fibrocenic Dust in Epidemiology of Pneumoconioses

Current sampling instruments of respirable dust (RD) may over estimate the inhaled dose by up to 400% depending on the size distribution of airborne dust. This limitation and the practice of assigning a single value for RD to all jobs regardless of the level of activity are incompatible with the adv...

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Main Authors: M. Ghiasseddin, Y. Hamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1987-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/1563.pdf&manuscript_id=1563