Visualization of the airflow around a life-sized, heated, breathing mannequin at ultralow windspeeds

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Schmees, Darrah K ^a   Wu, Yi Hsuan ^a   Vincent, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Inhalation; Low windspeed; Mannequin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL SAMPLING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN EXPOSURES; SIZE-SELECTIVE;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; EXPIRED AIR; INHALATION; NOSE BREATHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; WIND; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 47249115212     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men022     Document Type: Article

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