Comparison of six respirator fit-test methods with an actual measurement of exposure in a simulated health care environment: Part I - Protocol development

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 852-861

  Coffey, Christopher C ^a   Campbell, Donald L ^a   Myers, Warren R ^b   Zhuang, Ziqing ^a   Das, Sampa ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,1,2 trichloro 1,2,2 trifluoroethane (Freon 113); Exposure measurement; Fit factor; Quantitative fit test; Respirator; Workplace protection factor

Indexed keywords

1,1,2 TRICHLORO 1,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE; CORN OIL;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; TOXICOKINETICS; VENTILATOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031774566     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119891011027     Document Type: Article

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