A theoretical approach to the ferguson principle and its use with non- reactive and reactive airborne chemicals

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 270-279

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Nielsen, Gunnar Damgård ^b   Abraham, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLBENZENE; CUMENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXYLBENZENE; PENTYLBENZENE; PROPYLBENZENE; TERT BUTYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DATA BASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; THEORY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031796163     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1998.tb01481.x     Document Type: Article

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