Respirator cartridge service-life: Exposure to mixtures

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 809-819

  Yoon, Young Hee ^a   Nelson, James H ^a   Lara, Jaime ^b  

^a DataChem Laboratories   (United States)

^b Inst Rech S Secty Travail Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

activated charcoal respirator cartridge; mixture adsorption service life

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; META XYLENE; TOLUENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EXPOSURE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0000178487     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014486     Document Type: Article

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