Simple respiratory protection - Evaluation of the filtration performance of cloth masks and common fabric materials against 20-1000 nm size particles

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 789-798

  Rengasamy, Samy ^a   Eimer, Benjamin ^b   Shaffer, Ronald E ^a  

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

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

fabric material; H1N1; H5N1; infectious aerosol; influenza; pandemic; particle penetration; respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

FABRIC MATERIALS; H1N1; H5N1; INFECTIOUS AEROSOL; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PARTICLE PENETRATION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLYDISPERSITY; RESPIRATORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRUSES;

MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSTRUMENTATION; MASK; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEXTILE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; CLOTHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MASKS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); PANDEMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEXTILES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958168910     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq044     Document Type: Article

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