Effect of particle size on respiratory protection provided by two types of N95 respirators used in agricultural settings

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 622-627

  Cho, Kyungmin Jacob ^a   Jones, Susan ^b   Jones, Gordon ^b   McKay, Roy ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a   Dwivedi, Alok ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   Singh, Umesh ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; agriculture; respirator; workplace protection factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DUST; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956596077     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2010.513910     Document Type: Article

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