Particulate penetration of porous foam used as a low flow rate respirable dust size classifier

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 561-568

  Page, Steven J ^a   Volkwein, Jon C ^a   Baron, Paul A ^a   Deye, Gregory J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dust; Porous Foam; Sampling

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; FILTER; FLOW RATE; FOAM; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY;

EID: 0033737592     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220050028385     Document Type: Article

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