Respiratory performance offered by N95 respirators and surgical masks: Human subject evaluation with NaCl aerosol representing bacterial and viral particle size range

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-185

  Lee, Shu An ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^b   Reponen, Tiina ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Exhalation valve; Protection factor; Respirator; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GAS DYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SAFETY TESTING; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA; EXHALATION VALVE; FILTERING FACEPIECE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PROTECTION FACTOR; PROTECTION LEVEL; PROTECTION LEVELS; RESPIRATOR; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION; SIZE RANGES; VIRUS;

RESPIRATORS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BREATHING; EVALUATION; EXHALATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; VIRUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS MASK; MASK; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STANDARD; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MASKS; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 44949250151     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men005     Document Type: Article

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