Development of a sampler for total aerosol deposition in the human respiratory tract

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 731-738

  Koehler, Kirsten A ^a   Clark, Phillip ^a   Volckens, John ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Exposure estimation; Gravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AEROSOL LOADING; ENVIRONMENTAL AEROSOLS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; FACE VELOCITY; FIBER DIAMETERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN RESPIRATORY TRACT; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; PARTICLE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS;

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL RESPIRATORY TRACT DEPOSITION; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

AEROSOLS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYURETHANES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 70350053416     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep053     Document Type: Article

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