Method for contamination of filtering facepiece respirators by deposition of MS2 viral aerosols

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 944-952

  Woo, Myung Heui ^a   Hsu, Yu Mei ^b   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Heimbuch, Brian ^c   Wander, Joseph ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Wood Buffalo Environmental Association   (Canada)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coughing; Droplet; Loading chamber; Loading density; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DROPS; RESPIRATORS; VIRUSES;

COUGHING; COUNT MEDIAN DIAMETERS; DECONTAMINATION TECHNIQUES; LOADING CHAMBERS; LOADING DENSITY; MASS MEDIAN DIAMETERS; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZERS; UNIFORMITY;

LOADING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DROPLET; FILTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESPIRATION; SALIVA; SUBSTRATE; ULTRASONICS; VIRUS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DENSITY; DROPLET SIZE; FILTER; HUMIDITY; NEBULIZER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNEEZING; VENTILATOR; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 77955841192     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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