Evaluation of two inversion techniques for retrieving health-related aerosol fractions from personal cascade impactor measurements

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-22

  Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Vincent, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; inversion techniques; particle size distribution; personal cascade impactors

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031022892     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791013026     Document Type: Article

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