Impact of three biological decontamination methods on filtering facepiece respirator fit, odor, comfort, and donning ease

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 426-436

  Viscusi, Dennis J ^a   Bergman, Michael S ^b   Novak, Debra A ^a   Faulkner, Kimberly A ^a   Palmiero, Andrew ^b   Powell, Jeffrey ^a   Shaffer, Ronald E ^a  

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

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Health care workers; N95 decontamination; N95 respirator fit; Pandemic influenza; Respirator reuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STEAM;

EID: 80155198956     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.585927     Document Type: Article

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