Selecting models for a respiratory protection program: What can we learn from the scientific literature?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-132

  Shaffer, Ronald E ^a   Janssen, Larry L ^b  

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

^b Larry Janssen Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtering facepiece respirator; N95; Respirator fit testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FILTERING FACEPIECE RESPIRATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COMFORT; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENTILATOR; GAS MASK; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84921833715     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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