A high volume apparatus for the condensational growth of ultrafine particles for inhalation toxicological studies

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1061-1072

  Demokritou, Philip ^a   Gupta, Tarun ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FEEDBACK; HEAT EXCHANGERS; IONIZATION; SUPERSATURATION; VAPORS;

STEAM-INJECTING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; TOXICITY;

AEROSOL; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036829646     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820290092230     Document Type: Article

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