Effect of fit testing on the protection offered by N95 filtering facepiece respirators against fine particles in a laboratory setting

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-271

  Reponen, Tiina ^a   Lee, Shu An ^b   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a   Johnson, Erik ^c   Mckay, Roy ^a  

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

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

bioaerosols; fine particles; fit test; N95; nanoparticles; protection factor; respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

BIOAEROSOLS; FINE PARTICLES; FIT TEST; N95; PROTECTION FACTOR; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION;

AEROSOLS; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLE SIZE; SAFETY FACTOR; VIRUSES; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

RESPIRATORS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; STANDARD;

AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MASKS; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 79952960745     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq085     Document Type: Article

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