Modeling breathing-zone concentrations of airborne contaminants generated during compressed air spray painting

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Flynn, Michael R ^a   Gatano, Betty L ^b   McKernan, John L ^c   Dunn, Kevin H ^c   Blazicko, Brian A ^d   Carlton, Gary N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Dept of Environ and Nat Res ^*  (United States)

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

^d Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Exposure modeling; Spray painting; Transfer efficiency; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAINT SPRAYING; VENTILATION;

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; BREATHING ZONE CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE MODELING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

OIL;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORIENTATION; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032968567     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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