Analysis of forces generated by N95 filtering facepiece respirator tethering devices: A pilot study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Roberge, Raymond ^a   Niezgoda, George ^a   Benson, Stacey ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

degradation; loads; N95 filtering facepiece respirators; tethering devices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; RECYCLING; STATISTICS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84863652643     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.695962     Document Type: Article

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