Evaluation of evaporation and concentration distribution models - A test chamber study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-641

  Lennert, Anne ^a   Nielsen, Frands ^a   Breum, Niels Oluf ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EVAPORATION; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0031542638     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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