Evaluation of the time weighted average of air contaminants with special references to concentration fluctuation and biological half time

Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1980 Oct;41(10):693-9. doi: 10.1080/15298668091425527.

Abstract

Statistical parameters with carbon felt dosimetry are analyzed and new sampling criteria are presented based on the analysis. In cass where the mean of measured time-weighted averages is kept two times the unbiased standard deviation below the maximum permissible concentration-time weighted average (MPC-TWA) and the values above MPC-TWA are observed with a frequency of less than 5%, compliance is determined with a confidence limit of 95% provided the biological half time of the contaminant is longer than 4 hours.

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / analysis*
  • Air Pollutants, Occupational / analysis*
  • Body Burden
  • Half-Life
  • Maximum Allowable Concentration
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Air Pollutants, Occupational