Hazard mapping with direct reading instruments from facilities with high and low temporal variability
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop novel sampling techniques employing relatively lower-cost direct-reading instruments (DRIs, instruments that report hazard intensity at near real-time resolution) for hazard mapping. Normally, personal sampling equipment worn by workers is used to determine personal exposure (time-weighted average) to a hazard for comparison with an occupational exposure limit (OEL). However, time-weighted average methods give the industrial hygienists (IH) no information on the spatial or temporal variability of the exposures. Hazard maps have been suggested as a way to ...
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