Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Asbestos fibre counting by image analysis : the preformance of the Manchester Asbestos Program on Magiscan

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Asbestos fibre counting by image analysis : the preformance of the Manchester Asbestos Program on Magiscan / L.C. Kenny

Sumario: The Manchester Asbestos Program (MAP) has now been developed to the point of diminishing returns, with one or two minor exceptions to be discussed. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) run this program on a Magiscan image -analyser, made by Joyce-Loebl, a division of Vickers plc. Since the completation of the software, a large body of data on the system performance has been gathered. This paper evaluates the present performance in relation to that of visual counters worldwide and nationwide, but with special attention to HSE's operations

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 4, 1984 ; p. 401-415

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Contaminantes químicos . 3. Amianto . 4. Control de contaminantes . 5. Contaminación atmosférica . 6. Métodos de análisis . 7. Programas . 8. Manchester Asbestos Program . I. Título. II. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.