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Analytical and legal aspects of the threshold limit value concept

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 The stipulation of threshold limit values (TLV) and the association of legal consequences with their contravention involves the tacit presumption that procedures for monitoring adherence to the TLV are both possible and are applied. However, monitoring is an analytical chemistry problem and hence the limitations of the TLV concept are determined by the realities of analytical chemistry.

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  1. GKSS Research Centre, Institute of Physical and Chemical Analysis, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany, , , , , , DE

    B. Neidhart & Peter Beaven

  2. Philipps University of Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Winfried Mummenhoff & Anja Schmolke

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Accepted: 11 December 1997

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Neidhart, B., Mummenhoff, W., Schmolke, A. et al. Analytical and legal aspects of the threshold limit value concept. Accred Qual Assur 3, 44–50 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690050185

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