Monitoring personal fine particle exposure with a particle counter

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 228-236

  Brauer, Michael ^a   Hirtle, Robert D ^a   Hall, Andrew C ^a   Yip, Todd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mobile sources; Particle counts; Particles; Personal digital assistant; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN;

EID: 0032797121     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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