Short-term variation during asbestos abatement activities
| dc.contributor.advisor | Crutchfield, Clifton D. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Jones, Erle Baxter, 1953- | |
| dc.creator | Jones, Erle Baxter, 1953- | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-28T10:08:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-28T10:08:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276531 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The fibrous aerosol monitor (FAM) was designed to count fibrous particulates as accurately as the standard method, P & CAM 239, now NIOSH 7400. The Hi-Vol (HV) method, a modification of the standard method, was developed to collect fibers over a shorter time interval (i.e., 10-minutes) with the same accuracy as the standard method. The current study sought to compare the HV method with the FAM to assess its validity in measuring airborne asbestos levels and to assess the importance of short-term variation in asbestos levels in determining appropriate respiratory protection. Correlation between the FAM and HV showed a poor linear relationship in all comparison studies. However, there was good correlation between the average of short-term HV samples and long-term time-weighted average (TWA) samples at reported low levels of airborne asbestos. All membrane filter techniques showed strong correlation with each other, but were weakly correlated with the FAM. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Asbestos fibers -- Measurement. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Air -- Pollution -- Measurement. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental monitoring. | en_US |
| dc.title | Short-term variation during asbestos abatement activities | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 18598551 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| dc.identifier.proquest | 1332158 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Pharmacology & Toxicology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.bibrecord | .b16598180 | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-06T06:16:45Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The fibrous aerosol monitor (FAM) was designed to count fibrous particulates as accurately as the standard method, P & CAM 239, now NIOSH 7400. The Hi-Vol (HV) method, a modification of the standard method, was developed to collect fibers over a shorter time interval (i.e., 10-minutes) with the same accuracy as the standard method. The current study sought to compare the HV method with the FAM to assess its validity in measuring airborne asbestos levels and to assess the importance of short-term variation in asbestos levels in determining appropriate respiratory protection. Correlation between the FAM and HV showed a poor linear relationship in all comparison studies. However, there was good correlation between the average of short-term HV samples and long-term time-weighted average (TWA) samples at reported low levels of airborne asbestos. All membrane filter techniques showed strong correlation with each other, but were weakly correlated with the FAM. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) |
