Effect of Pregnancy Upon Facial Anthropometrics and Respirator Fit Testing

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 761-766

  Roberge, Raymond J ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Palmiero, Andrew ^a   Powell, Jeffrey B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cephalo facial anthropometrics; N95 filtering facepiece respirators; pregnancy; respirator fit testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MASK; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MASKS; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84944672153     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1049269     Document Type: Article

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