Inter-comparison of low-cost sensors for measuring the mass concentration of occupational aerosols

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 462-473

  Sousan, Sinan ^a   Koehler, Kirsten ^b   Thomas, Geb ^c   Park, Jae Hong ^a   Hillman, Michael ^c   Halterman, Andrew ^c   Peters, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; COSTS;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; MASS CONCENTRATION; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; ON-SITE CALIBRATION; REFERENCE INSTRUMENTS; SECOND HAND SMOKES;

COST ESTIMATING;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EXHAUST GAS; GRAVIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; WELDING FUME;

EID: 84964330399     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2016.1162901     Document Type: Article

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