Particle Size-Selective Sampling in the Workplace: Rationale and Recommended Techniques

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• Personal Author:
  Hinds WC ; John W ; Lioy PJ ; Lippmann, Morton ; McCawley MA ; Phalen RF ; Raabe OG ; Soderholm, Sidney C. ; Stuart BO
• Description:
  Because many aerosol hazards are dependent upon particle size, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists established an Air Sampling Procedures Committee to 'recommend size-selective aerosol sampling procedures which will permit reliable collection of aerosol fractions which can be expected to be available for deposition in the various major subregions of the human respiratory tract, e.g., the head, tracheobronchial region, and the alveolar (pulmonary) region. After reviewing available data on regional deposition of inhaled particles and on the collection efficiencies of sampling instruments, the committee recommends use of three particulate mass fractions for workplace sampling. Inspirable Particulate Mass applies to material which is hazardous anywhere in the respiratory tract; Thoracic Particulate Mass applies to materials which are hazardous anywhere within the lung airways and the gas exchange region; Respirable Particulate Mass applies to material which is hazardous only in the gas-exchange region of the lung. Each of these 3 mass fractions are defined and a procedure to provide guidance in establishing corresponding Particle Size-Selective Threshold Limit Values (PSS-TLVs) bas been suggested. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Dust Lung Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Particulate-dust Particulates Pulmonary-clearance Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Respirable-dust
• ISBN:
  0080341853
• ISSN:
  0003-4878
• Publisher:
  Pergamon Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  403-411
• Volume:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032647
• Citation:
  Ann Occup Hyg, Inhaled Particles VI 1988 Dec; 32(Suppl 1):403-411
• Editor(s):
  Dodgson J; McCallum RI; Bailey MR; Fisher DR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Inhaled Particles VI
• Supplement:
  1
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da46bc7d061e86a8d8021d3af8c5e7c204df8060681fce0dabc86150da26249178a2a3fb1f9a4fd1d9dcb02fd2785c64013d0688e140d97fea9329666772377a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186545/cdc_186545_DS1.pdf
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