Air Monitoring for Toxic Exposures (eBook)

Henry J. McDermott (Autor)

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2004 | 2. Auflage
688 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-67057-5 (ISBN)

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This book offers ready-to-use information for measuring a wide
variety of airborne hazardous materials including chemicals, radon,
and bioaerosols. It provides the latest procedures for
air sampling, collecting biological and bulk samples, evaluating
dermal exposures, and determining the advantages and limitations of
a given air monitoring method.

Autor

HENRY J. McDERMOTT is President and Principal Scientist for H. J. McDermott, Inc., which provides professional consulting services in the general area of occupational safety and health, with emphasis in improving safety, health, and environmental performance; risk-based preventive programs; emergency response; ventilation; litigation support; increasing safety; and health staff efficiency and impact.

Inhalt

Preface.

PART I: BACKGROUND CONCEPTS FOR AIR MONITORING.

1. Air Monitoring review.

2. Hazards.

3. Exposure Assessment Strategy and Monitoring Plan.

4. Air Monitoring at Emergencies Including Terrorism Events.

PART II: SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE METHODS FORCHEMICALS.

5. Introduction to Monitoring Using Sample CollectionDevices.

6. Sample Collection Device Methods for Gases and Vapors.

7. Sample Collection Device Methods for Aerosols.

8. Concurrent Sampling for Vapors and Aerosols.

PART III: REAL-TIME MGEASUREMENT INSTRUEMENTS.

9. Introduction to Monitoring Using Real-Time Methods.

10. Instrument with Sensors for Specific Chemicals.

11. General Survey Instruments for Gases and Vapors.

12. Instruments for Multiple Specific Gases and Vapors: GC,GC/MS, and IR.

13. Colorimetric Systems for Gas and Vapor Sampling.

14. Real-Time Sampling Methods for Aerosols.

PART IV: MINITORING FOR AIRBORNE AGENTS OTHER THANCHEMICALS.

15. Radon Measurements.

16. Sampling for Bioaerosols.

PART V: SPECIFIC SAMPLING APPLICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION.

17. Specific Sampling Situations.

18. Biological Monitoring.

19. Surface Sampling Methods.

20. Bulk Sampling Methods.

Appendix A: Air Sampling Procedures.

Appendix B: Gas and Vapor Calibrations.

Appendix C: Field Calibration of Gas and Vapor Sensors.

Appendix D: Chemical-Specific Guidelines for Air Sampling andAnalysis.

Index.

Rezensionen

"...this up-to-date, comprehensive resource will be valuable for
the industrial hygienist, emergency responder, and other safety and
environmental health professional." (CHOICE, April 2005)

"The book should be in the library of every emergency response
team as well as conventional sampling groups." (Journal of
Hazardous Materials, March 2005)

"This second edition offers ready-to-use information for
measuring a wide variety of airborne hazardous
materials..." (CAB Abstracts, 2005)

"...the advances of sampling technology has greatly advanced
and this text addresses them." (Industrial Hygiene News,
January 2005)

"This work is highly recommended for academic, special, and
industry libraries serving...all air sampling professionals who
perform air monitoring..." (E-STREAMS, February
2005)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2004
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Air Analysis • Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie • Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety • Chemie • Chemistry • Luftanalytik
• ISBN-10: 0-471-67057-X / 047167057X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-67057-5 / 9780471670575