Performance of deterministic workplace exposure assessment models for various contaminant source, air inlet, and exhaust locations

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 402-412

  Feigley, Charles E ^a   Bennett, James S ^a,c   Khan, Jamil ^b   Lee, Eungyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Exposure assessment; Models

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXHAUST GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTILATION; HUMAN;

EID: 0036338078     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984728     Document Type: Article

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