Evaluation of facial features on particle inhalation

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-193

  Anthony, T Renée ^a   Flynn, Michael R ^a   Eisner, Alfred ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial features; Inhalable particles; Laser Doppler anemometry; Mannequin; Particle aspiration; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOPPLER EFFECT; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; IMPURITIES; ANEMOMETERS; CLASSIFIERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY;

AEROSOL SOURCES; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; HUMAN ASPIRATION; PARTICLE SURROGATES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BREATHING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FACIES; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; INHALATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

FACIAL FEATURE; INHALABLE PARTICLES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; MANNEQUIN; VELOCITY FIELD;

EID: 16244375206     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh082     Document Type: Article

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