Performance of high flow rate samplers for respirable particle collection

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 697-709

  Lee, Taekhee ^a   Kim, Seung Won ^a   Chisholm, William P ^a   Slaven, James ^a   Harper, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

calm air chamber; CIP10 R; FSP10; GK2.69; high flow rate sampler; respirable fraction; sampling efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR CHAMBERS; CIP10-R; FSP10; GK2.69; HIGH-FLOW RATE; RESPIRABLE FRACTIONS; SAMPLING EFFICIENCY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SILICA; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FLUORESCEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MICROCLIMATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955866515     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq050     Document Type: Article

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