Workplace protection factors for an N95 filtering facepiece respirator

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 698-707

  Janssen, Larry L ^a   Nelson, Thomas J ^b   Cuta, Karen T ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b NIHS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtering facepiece; Respirator performance; Workplace protection factor; WPF

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35448934982     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701517764     Document Type: Article

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