Sampling of airborne dusts in workplace atmospheres / Probennahme von Luft-getragenem Staub am Arbeitsplatz

Protection of workers from intakes of airborne dusts is receiving increased attention as part of the overall emphasis on minimisation of occupational exposures. So sampling of airborne dusts in workplace atmospheres has been - and continues to be - a major focus of industrial hygiene in both nuclear and non-nuclear sectors. This paper provides an overview of aerosol sampling as it relates to different issues, in particular in response to the recent emergence of the health-related particle size-selective criteria. It appears that aerosol sampling continues to require further understanding and development in order to provide arguments about the choice of the strategy for sampling airborne dusts in the workplace atmospheres.