Fume hood performance: Using a bypass in variable air volume systems

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 708-712

  Joao, Richard V ^a   Party, Esmeralda ^a   Gershey, Edward L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; FUME; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ROOM VENTILATION;

EID: 0031658423     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390146     Document Type: Article

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