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Journal article from Archives of Environmental Health, Vol. 38, No. 1, with the issue's table of contents as the first page. It compares the AIA and a modified BOHS-ARC phase contrast method, and direct and indirect transmission electron microscopy methods, for counting asbestos fibers in 35 air samples from Quebec chrysotile mine, mill, textile and ship-insulation workplaces. The authors report that the methods gave different concentrations and that any threshold limit must be specified by the measurement method. unreviewed
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- Author
- Chung-Yung Hwang, Ph.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University); Zhi Ming Wang, M.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University)
- Published by
- Archives of Environmental Health (Heldref Publications / Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4187
- Date
- January 1983
- Number
- Bates UCC 022508 to UCC 022514
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Chung-Yung Hwang, Ph.D., Zhi Ming Wang, M.D.. "Comparison of Methods of Assessing Asbestos Fiber Concentrations." Archives of Environmental Health 38(1):5, 1983.
People and organizations
From Chung-Yung Hwang, Ph.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University); Zhi Ming Wang, M.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University).
- Archives of Environmental Health (its organization)
- Asbestos International Association (named)
- Asbestosis Research Council (named)
- British Occupational Hygiene Society (named)
- McGill University (named)
- NIOSH (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · NIOSH · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · phase contrast microscopy (PCM).
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This is document UC-4187 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers UCC 022508 to UCC 022514.
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Chung-Yung Hwang, Ph.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University), Zhi Ming Wang, M.D. (Environmental Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University). “Hwang and Wang, 'Comparison of Methods of Assessing Asbestos Fiber Concentrations,' Archives of Environmental Health.” January 1983. Union Carbide documents, UC-4187, Bates UCC 022508 to UCC 022514. Archives of Environmental Health (Heldref Publications / Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4187.
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