Characterization of emissions from a desktop 3D printer and indoor air measurements in office settings

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-132

  Steinle, Patrick ^a  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fused deposition modeling; indoor; office; ultrafine aerosols; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ABS RESIN; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; LACTIC ACID; METAL; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BUTADIENES; GASES; LACTIC ACID; METALS; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; STYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84954566102     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1091957     Document Type: Article

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