Workplace Sampling and Personal Monitoring

A wide variety of monitors have been developed to measure radiation and radioactivity to which personnel may be exposed. Radiation dosimeters are typically carried in pockets by workers and measure cumulative exposure to p radiation, y radiation, and x-rays. A similar device is used to measure exposure to radio-frequency (RF) radiation, especially among workers exposed to communications equipment. A related device can be used to measure exposure to microwaves. 

FIGURE 18.1 Battery-operated air sampler forcoUecting air samples in a tube packed with adsorbent from which analyte can be thermally desorbed into a gas chromatograph. 

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