Personal aerosol sampler design: A review

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 313-320

  Baron, Paul A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; APPARATUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRICITY; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STANDARD;

EID: 0031808036     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390088     Document Type: Review

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