A modified protocol for quantitative fit testing using the portaCount®

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 979-988

  Sreenath, A ^a   Weed, J ^a   Church, T ^a  

^a TSI INCORPORATED   (United States)

Author keywords

PortaCount; Quantitative Fit Testing; Respiratory Fit Testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXERCISE; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DECISION TREES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0034786102     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732201300367245     Document Type: Article

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