Communication using a telephone while wearing a respirator

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 264-267

  Johnson, Arthur T ^a   Scott, William H ^a   Lausted, Christopher G ^a   Coyne, Karen M ^a   Sahota, Manjit S ^a   Johnson, Monique M ^a   Yeni Komshian, Grace ^a   Caretti, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Respirators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; TELEPHONE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0034006491     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1202/0002-8894(2000)061<0264:cuatww>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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