Filtration performance of niosh-approved n95 and p100 filtering facepiece respirators against 4 to 30 nanometer-size nanoparticles

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 556-564

  Rengasamy, Samy ^a   King, William P ^a   Eimer, Benjamin C ^b   Shaffer, Ronald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b EG&G   (United States)

Author keywords

Monodisperse aerosol; NaCl particles; Nanoparticle; Particle penetration; Respirator; Silver particles

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

FILTRATION; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SILVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49649092926     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802275387     Document Type: Article

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