Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool

The AREAT model is developed to estimate exposure to respirable asbestos during asbestos abatement work.

Key information

Type

model journalarticle

Access rights

open access

Language

Spatial coverage

Keyword(s)

risk assessment exposure assessment occupational health asbestos respirable asbestos fibres exposure model mechanistic model asbestos abatement

Domain

occupational exposure

LEXCES Source Schema

Title

Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool

Abbreviation

AREAT

Description

The AREAT model is developed to estimate exposure to respirable asbestos during asbestos abatement work.

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxaa112 https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxad010

Creator

TNO

Owner

TNO

Contact email

support.diamonds@tno.nl

Publication date

2021, 2023

Bibliographic citation

Franken R, Tromp P, van de Hoef W, Jadoenathmisier T, Schinkel J. The Development and Calibration of a Mechanistic Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool (AREAT). Ann Work Expo Health 2021; 65 (7): 789-804. Franken R, Schinkel J, Spaan S. Validation and Recalibration of the Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool (AREAT). Ann Work Expo Health 2023; 67 (5): 650-662.

Project

Maatschappelijk Programma Arbeidsomstandigheden (MAPA) - Asbest, uitgevoerd door TNO in opdracht van het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (SZW)

Remarks

AREAT will be integrated in the SMART-ns tool, which will eventually replace the current SMA-rt tool (https://smart.ascert.nl/)

Added 2026-10-07 · Updated 2026-10-07