Factors Affecting Aerosol Measurement Quality

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Paul A. ; Heitbrink, William A.
• Description:
  Scientists involved with aerosol measurements have available to them a diversity of aerosol monitors, ranging from sample collection on a filter for later analysis to complex direct-reading instruments, which detect the airborne particles in real time and display the concentration of airborne particles as a function of aerodynamic diameter. The use of the simplest or most complex device may introduce errors in measurement and interpretation. Typically, these errors include both biases and variability. While the data from the more complex sizing instruments may make such errors evident, they also occur in the less sophisticated filter collectors. Lack of recognition of these errors may affect the interpretation of aerosol measurements. The reported information should be presented with an analysis of the correctness or accuracy of the results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollutants, Occupational Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Filters Monitors Sampling Sensitivity-testing
• ISBN:
  9780442004866
• Publisher:
  Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  130-145
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022049
• Citation:
  Aerosol measurement: principles, techniques, and applications. Willeke K, Baron PA, eds. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993 Jan; :130-145
• Editor(s):
  Willeke K; Baron PA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Aerosol measurement: principles, techniques, and applications
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199028/cdc_199028_DS1.pdf
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