Use of a condensation particle counter and an optical particle counter to assess the number concentration of engineered nanoparticles

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 535-545

  Schmoll, Linda H ^a   Peters, Thomas M ^b   O’Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^a,b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation particle counter; Nanoparticles; Optical particle counter

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM;

EID: 77958144046     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2010.496072     Document Type: Article

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