Variability in Respiratory Protection and the Assigned Protection Factor

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-109

  Nicas, Mark ^a   Neuhaus, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assigned protection factor; Protection factor variability; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PAINT; STYRENE; TITANIUM; ZINC;

BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACE MASK; HELMET; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PAINTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAPOR; VENTILATOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VENTILATORS, NEGATIVE-PRESSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1442282467     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490275821     Document Type: Review

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