Development of a personal sampler for evaluating exposure to ultrafine particles

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Furuuchi, Masami ^a   Choosong, Thitiworn ^a   Hata, Mitsuhiko ^a   Otani, Yoshio ^a   Tekasakul, Perapong ^b   Takizawa, Masami ^a   Nagura, Mizuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Inertial filter; Mass concentration; Personal exposure; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BREATHING ZONES; CIRCULAR NOZZLES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER FELTS; FIBER LOADINGS; FILTER MASS; PARTICLE LOADING; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SAMPLING DEVICES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FIBERS; PRESSURE DROP; PUMPS; SAMPLING;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE DROP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLER; SEPARATION;

EID: 77952709021     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2009.06.0040     Document Type: Article

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