Numerical determination of personal aerosol sampler aspiration efficiency

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 244-255

  Lo Savio, Simone ^a   Paradisi, Paolo ^b   Tampieri, Francesco ^a   Belosi, Franco ^a   Morigi, Maria Pia ^c   Agostini, Sergio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b Department of Energy ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Bioikos Ambiente srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspiration Efficiency; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Personal Aerosol Samplers

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; FLUID FLOW; GRAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AEROSOLS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0345270409     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301397     Document Type: Article

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