Considerations for the design and technical setup of a human whole-body exposure chamber

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Monsé, Christian ^a   Sucker, Kirsten ^a   Van Thriel, Christoph ^b   Broding, Horst Christoph ^a   Jettkant, Birger ^a   Berresheim, Hans ^a   Wiethege, Thorsten ^a   Kfferlein, Heiko ^a   Merget, Rolf ^a   Bnger, Jrgen ^a   Brning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical vapors; Human exposure unit; Occupational health; Particles

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GENERATOR; HEALTH HAZARD; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VAPOR;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84856394558     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.640362     Document Type: Article

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