Milestones in Respiratory Protection

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic provides a timeline with pictures and information about the history of respiratory protective equipment. The timeline covers the pre-1800s era, including Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), up to the present day. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Elastomers Emergencies History, 17th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety

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• Keywords:
  Respiratory protection; Respiratory protective equipment; Air purifying respirators; APR; Elastomeric half-mask respirators; Elastomeric full-mask respirators; Powered Air Purifying Respirator; PAPR; Powered respirators; PPE; Personal Protective Equipment; Protective equipment; Protective measures; Self contained breathing apparatus; SCBA; Self contained self rescuers; SCSR; Face masks; Equipment design; Emergency equipment; Half facepiece respirators; N95 filtering facepiece respirators; Respirator certification
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2019 Sep; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057529
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0899f415f7ca15d38486833c46438d84118b9011b9b9a7a2e797a30940937582e2c926f50350921bfb5012afc2e77536f7bc8875fb4c3b324ac15b05817a3205
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103381/cdc_103381_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]