PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Ganor
AU  - A Fischbein
AU  - S Brenner
AU  - P Froom
TI  - Extreme airborne asbestos concentrations in a public building.
AID  - 10.1136/oem.49.7.486
DP  - 1992 Jul 01
TA  - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
PG  - 486--488
VI  - 49
IP  - 7
4099  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/49/7/486.short
4100  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/49/7/486.full
SO  - Br J Ind Med1992 Jul 01; 49
AB  - Fibre concentrations of asbestos were measured in the air of a communal dining room in which the damaged ceiling had a sprayed on coating of insulation containing asbestos. The average concentration of crocidolite asbestos fibres was 4 f/cm3, 20 times the highest air concentration that appears to have been reported previously for a public building. It is concluded that although air concentrations of asbestos fibres in public buildings containing asbestos insulation materials are usually low, high concentrations can occur. This may have implications for the risk of exposed persons developing diseases associated with asbestos.