Historical Perspective of Personal Dust Sampling in Coal Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Kissell, Fred N. ; Kohler, Jeffrey L. ; Volkwein, Jon C.
• Description:
  Proper measurement of dust particle concentration is a critical step toward the elimination of dust-related occupational disease. This paper examines the development of dust sampling methods in U.S. coal mines, with emphasis on the benefits of personal sampling and on recent developments that permit real- time assessment of dust exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Dust-particles Dust-samplers Dust-sampling Mining-industry Occupational-diseases Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9058093875
• Publisher:
  Balkema
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023133
• Citation:
  Mine Ventilation: Proceedings of the North American/Ninth US Mine Ventilation Symposium, June 8-12 2002, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. De Souza E ed. Lisse, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema, 2002 Oct; :619-623
• Editor(s):
  De Souza E
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1a35cfefa1a8a96dee50b6a95dfbe40ea0bebaa6c2056bbb6fa962250e53dcbc35b1e77da0c4a487d1a0642700c32526e8114fdc1895e3aa051a8c2f63aa226
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220619/cdc_220619_DS1.pdf
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