Effectiveness of face masks used to protect Beijing residents against particulate air pollution

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 446-452

  Wcherrie, John ^a,b   Apsley, Andrew ^a   Cowie, Hilary ^a   Steinle, Susanne ^a   Mueller, William ^a   Lin, Chun ^c   Horwell, Claire J ^d   Sleeuwenhoek, Anne ^a   Loh, Miranda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CHINA; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85049298137     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104765     Document Type: Article

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