Impact of low filter resistances on subjective and physiological responses to filtering facepiece respirators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Roberge, Raymond J ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Powell, Jeffrey B ^a   Shaffer, Ronald E ^a   Ylitalo, Caroline M ^b   Sebastian, John M ^b  

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

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893539666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084901     Document Type: Article

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