Effect of wearing an N95 respirator on infrared tympanic membrane temperature measurements

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 691-695

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

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

Author keywords

N95 filtering facepiece respirators; Tympanic membrane temperature

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

N95 FILTERING FACEPIECE RESPIRATORS; N95 RESPIRATORS; STUDY GROUPS; TIME INTERVAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES;

RESPIRATORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; THERMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; VENTILATOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; EXERCISE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEVER; GAS MASK; MASK; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOMETER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945446274     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-014-9651-x     Document Type: Article

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