Particle Deposition onto a Human Head: Influence of Electrostatic and Wind Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 246-258

  Nielsen, Niels Finderup ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Aerosol size; Air currents; Combined model; Facial shape; VDU

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTROSTATICS;

AEROSOL SIZE; AIR CURRENTS; COMBINED MODELING; DEPOSITION MODELING; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; FACIAL SHAPE; HEAD INFLUENCES; HUMAN HEAD; PARTICLES DEPOSITIONS; WIND FIELD;

AEROSOLS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER TERMINAL; DRY EYE; ELECTRICITY; HEAD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; WIND;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ELECTROSTATICS; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; WIND;

EID: 0031617051     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:4<246::aid-bem6>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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