Particle deposition and decay in a chamber and the implications to exposure assessment

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 323-334

  Lai, Alvin C K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deposition; Exposure risk assessment; Indoor air quality; Inhalation transfer factor; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EXPOSURE RISK ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INHALATION TRANSFER FACTOR; PARTICULATE MATTER;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; DEPOSITION; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; INHALATION TRANSFER FACTOR; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 33747142132     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9141-y     Document Type: Article

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