title: Decision and estimation procedures for air contaminants.
abstract: This paper deals with the problem of enforcing average exposure standards for atmospheric contaminants in an industrial environment based upon short-period samples. Due to inherent uncertainties, a decision is to be made only if the probability of incorrect decision is below a prescribed level. It is shown how such a decision can be obtained in a very simple manner with the help of a decision chart with families of curves corresponding to the number of observations.
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D011336:Probability; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational