Containment testing of laboratory hoods in the as-used condition

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-216

  Greenley, Pamela L ^a   Billings, Charles E ^a   Diberardinis, Louis J ^a   Edwards, Robert W ^a   Emmett Barkley, W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASHRAE 110; Containment; Laboratory Fume Hood Performance Testing; Laboratory Ventilation; Tracer Gas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

GASES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LABORATORIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033960107     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732200301719     Document Type: Article

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