N95 filtering facepiece respirator deadspace temperature and humidity

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-171

  Roberge, Raymond J ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Benson, Stacey ^a  

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

Author keywords

Deadspace; Exhalation valve; Humidity; N95 filtering facepiece respirators; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GAS MASK; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857694961     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.660428     Document Type: Article

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