title: Background documentation of evaluation of occupational exposure to airborne asbestos.
abstract: This review presents background information and literature documentation to supplement the "Recommended Procedures for Sampling and Counting Asbestos Fibers: Procedures for the Evaluation of Occupational Exposure to Airborne Asbestos" prepared by the joint ACGIH-AIHA Aerosol Hazards Evaluation Committee. It reviews the nature of the inhalation hazard associated with asbesots fibers, the sampling and analytic methods which have been used, and a rationale for the selection of the membrane filter sampling-optical phase microscope identification and assay methodology which is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D001194:Asbestos / Q000032:analysis* / Q000506:poisoning; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000139:chemically induced; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005374:Filtration; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000139:chemically induced; D008667:Metalloproteins; D008722:Methods; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010316:Particle Size; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D008667:Metalloproteins; D001194:Asbestos; D007501:Iron