Required response time for variable air volume fume hood controllers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-150

  Ekberg, Lars E ^a   Melin, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control system; Face velocity; Fume hoods; Laboratory ventilation

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST GASES; FLOW CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NITROGEN OXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

FUME HOODS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FUME; GAS ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0033975656     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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