The variability of delivered dose of aerosols with the same respirable concentration but different size distributions

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-407

  Esmen, N A ^a   Johnson, D L ^a   Agron, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; Misclassification; Respirable; Size selective sampling

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; ERRORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BREATH TIDAL VOLUMES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRY DEPOSITION; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUTH BREATHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TIDAL VOLUME; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN;

AEROSOLS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATION;

AERODYNAMIC EQUIVALENT DIAMETERS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; RESPIRABLE; SIZE-SELECTIVE;

EID: 0036599011     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef046     Document Type: Article

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