Estimating aerosol surface area from number and mass concentration measurements

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-144

  Maynard, Andrew D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosol; Exposure assessment; Mass concentration; Number concentration; Surface area; Ultrafine aerosol

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH; TOXICITY; CODES (SYMBOLS);

SURFACE AREA;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MASS; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SURFACE AREA; ULTRA-FINE AEROSOLS;

EID: 0037994124     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg022     Document Type: Article

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