A Concentration Rebound Method for Measuring Particle Penetration and Deposition in the Indoor Environment

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 847-864

  Thatcher, Tracy L ^a   Lunden, Melissa M ^a   Revzan, Kenneth L ^a   Sextro, Richard G ^a   Brown, Nancy J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INFILTRATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION REBOUND METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FILTER; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICLE ABSOLUTE FILTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PARAMETER; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE PENETRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142075207     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820300940     Document Type: Article

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