New experimental studies of the basic performance characteristics of aerosol samplers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 624-631

  Sreenath, Avula ^a   Vincent, James H ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol sampling; Aspiration efficiency; Samplers

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0032803344     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302431     Document Type: Article

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