Experimental and numerical studies on the impact of work practices used to control exposures occurring in booth-type hoods

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-475

  Flynn, Michael R ^a   Lackey, Bradley D ^b   Muthedath, Premkumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Health and Hygiene   (United States)

^c Exposure Control Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne pollutants; between worker variance; booth type hood; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); exposure; work practices

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THEORY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029991316     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014828     Document Type: Article

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