A personal sampling method for the determination of styrene exposure. 1987

R H Brown, and K J Saunders, and K T Walkin
Occupational Medicine and Hygiene Laboratories, Health and Safety Executive, London, England.

A diffusive sampler, which is suitable for the determination of time-weighted average personal and static exposures to styrene, is described. The sampler is based on a commercially available tube design that is amenable to fully-automated thermal desorption. The performance of the sampler has been evaluated using a protocol, developed by the U.K. Health and Safety Executive, involving both laboratory and field experiments. The sampler has been shown to give results that are similar both in magnitude and precision to those obtained using conventional sorbent tube and pump methods. The diffusive method is preferred because of its simplicity and convenience.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002138 Calibration Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output. Calibrations
D004058 Diffusion The tendency of a gas or solute to pass from a point of higher pressure or concentration to a point of lower pressure or concentration and to distribute itself throughout the available space. Diffusion, especially FACILITATED DIFFUSION, is a major mechanism of BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT. Diffusions
D004784 Environmental Monitoring The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment. Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006813 Humidity A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air. Humidities
D000327 Adsorption The adhesion of gases, liquids, or dissolved solids onto a surface. It includes adsorptive phenomena of bacteria and viruses onto surfaces as well. ABSORPTION into the substance may follow but not necessarily. Adsorptions
D000395 Air Pollutants, Occupational Toxic air-borne matter related to work performed They are usually produced by the specific nature of the occupation. Occupational Air Pollutants,Pollutants, Occupational Air
D013343 Styrenes Derivatives and polymers of styrene. They are used in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber, plastics, and resins. Some of the polymers form the skeletal structures for ion exchange resin beads.
D020058 Styrene A colorless, toxic liquid with a strong aromatic odor. It is used to make rubbers, polymers and copolymers, and polystyrene plastics. Styrene Monomer,Styrol,Vinylbenzene,Monomer, Styrene

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