Contribution of facial feature dimensions and velocity parameters on particle inhalability

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 710-725

  Anthony, T Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; computational fluid dynamics; dust sampling conventions; inhalable dust

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION EFFICIENCY; BREATHING RATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CRITICAL AREA; DUST SAMPLING CONVENTIONS; FACIAL FEATURE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID FLOW FIELD; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; INDOOR AIR; INHALABLE DUST; INHALABLE PARTICLES; INHALED PARTICLES; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; LIP FEATURES; LOW-VELOCITY; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORIENTATION CHANGES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MASS; T-TESTS; TURBULENCE EQUATIONS; VELOCITY PARAMETERS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUST; FACINGS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING RATE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FACE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INHALATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INHALATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 77955872861     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq040     Document Type: Article

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