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Quantitative Analysis of Dust Samples From Occupational Environments Using Computer-Automated X-Ray Diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. T. Abell ,
D. D. Dollberg  and
J. V. Crable
M. T. Abell
Affiliation:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
D. D. Dollberg
Affiliation:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
J. V. Crable
Affiliation:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
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The goal of the occupational health professions is ”… to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources” (Occupational Safety and Health Act, PL91-596). When the health of workers is threatened by chemical agents in the air, occupational health chemistry has a role to play. Analyses of workplace air are performed by the thousands each year by industry and by state and federal agencies. In the federal government, these analyses, as well as occupational health work in general, are performed by three agencies: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, DHHS), which does occupational health research; the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, DOL), which enforces safety and health standards in the general workplace; and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA, DOL), which enforces similar standards in mining operations.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 24: Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-8, 1980 , 1980 , pp. 37 - 48
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1980

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