Respiratory dose of inhaled ultrafine particles in healthy adults

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1775, 2000, Pages 2693-2705

  Kim, Chong S ^a   Jaques, Peter A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient aerosol; Particulate matter; Regional lung deposition; Respiratory dose; Ultrafine aerosol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933174     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0678     Document Type: Article

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