The effect of contaminant source location on worker exposure in the near-wake region

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 511-523

  Kulmala, Ilpo ^a   Säämänen, Arto ^b   Enbom, Seppo ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HUMAN FORM MODELS; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

CONTAMINANT SOURCE LOCATION; NEAR WAKE REGION; WORKER EXPOSURE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030272953     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4878(96)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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