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Mass concentrations of airborne asbestos in the non-occupational environmental : a preliminary report of U.K. measurements / G.J. Burdett, J.M.M. Le Guen and A.P. Rood

Sumario: Airborne asbestos mass concentrations were measured at a number of sites by taking high-volume electrostatic precipitator samples and analysisng by X-ray difraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD was shown to overestimate chrysotile levels owing to interference by non-fibrous analogues. The sites sampled included two asbestos waste tips, the inmediate enviroments of two asbestos products factories, a decontamination site and a busy urban road junction, as well as rural and urban background. Levels appreciably above the background were recorded at industrial sites

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 1, 1984 ; p. 31-38

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Contaminantes químicos . 3. Amianto . 4. TEM . 5. SEM . 6. Rayos X . 7. Difracción . 8. Métodos de análisis . 9. Casos prácticos . 10. Contaminación atmosférica . 11. Gran Bretaña . I. Le Guen, Jean M.M. . II. Rood, A.P. . III. Título. IV. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.