Contaminant dispersion in the vicinity of a worker in a uniform velocity field

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Welling, Irma ^a   Andersson, Ing Marie ^b   Rosen, Gunnar ^b   Räisänen, Jouni ^a   Mielo, Timo ^a   Marttinen, Keijo ^a   Niemelä, Raimo ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contaminant dispersion; Convection of human being; Exposure control; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; VENTILATION;

CONTAMINANT DISPERSION; EXPOSURE CONTROL;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WORKER;

EID: 0034194642     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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