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See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The acgih board of directors is pleased to announce the selection of mary lopez, phd, cpe, col r as acgih chair in 2020 and nancy wilk, mhsc, cih as 2020 acgih treasurer. Exposure to asbestos may occur from ambient air, indoor air, or water. Leading source of scientific guidelines for industrial hygienists, acgih is the association advancing occupational and environmental health. Biological exposure indices bei the american conference of governmental industrial hygienists acgih is a scientific professional society that establishes threshold limit values tlv and biological exposure indices bei as guidelines to assist in the control of health hazards in the workplace.
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