Aerosol generation by modern flush toilets

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1047-1057

  Johnson, David ^a   Lynch, Robert ^a   Marshall, Charles ^a   Mead, Kenneth ^b   Hirst, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL GENERATION; AEROSOLIZATION; BUBBLE BURSTING; CELLULOSE ESTERS; FILTER PARTICLES; FLUORESCENT MICRO SPHERES; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE;

DROPS;

MICROSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION;

EID: 84884560037     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.814911     Document Type: Article

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