Subjective response to respirator type: Effect of disease status and gender

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-154

  Harber, Philip ^a   Santiago, Silverio ^b   Wu, Samantha ^a   Bansal, Siddharth ^a   Liu, Yihang ^a   Yun, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77049099126     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181cfcf09     Document Type: Article

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