Revisiting the effect of room size and general ventilation on the relationship between near- and far-field air concentrations

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1006-1015

  Cherrie, John W ^a   MacCalman, Laura ^a   Fransman, Wouter ^b   Tielemans, Erik ^b   Tischer, Martin ^c   Van Tongeren, Martie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced REACH Tool; ART; dispersion; exposure assessment; exposure model; far field; general ventilation; modelling; near field; reach

Indexed keywords

ART; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FAR-FIELD; MODELLING; NEAR-FIELD; REACH;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; POLLUTION; POLYDISPERSITY; SEDIMENTATION; VENTILATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 81255185895     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer092     Document Type: Article

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