Quantitative fit testing techniques for respirators protecting the human respiratory system against environmental aerosols

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• Personal Author:
  Han D-H ; Willeke K
• Description:
  Occupational diseases caused by breathing contaminated air is avoided primarily by engineering control measures that prevent atmospheric contamination. When effective engineering controls are not feasible or while they are being instituted, an appropriate respirator must be used. Respirators can be classified into two types: air-purifying respirators that remove contaminants from the ambient air and atmosphere-supplying respirators that provide air from a source other than the surrounding atmosphere (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1987a). Except for special cases, air-purifying respirators are used most frequently in routine workpractices because they are smaller, more easily maintained, and restrict the wearer's movements the least. Thus, the focus of this article is on air-purifying respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Movements Laboratories Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Quality Control Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Air-flow Author Keywords: Cartridge Condensation Nuclei Count Equipment-reliability Face Seal Leak Filtering Facepiece Laboratory-testing Leak Flow Measurement Mask Photometric Aerosol Measurement Quality-standards Quantitative Fit Testing Respirator Respiratory-protective-equipment Respiratory Protection

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• ISBN:
  9780792340584
• Publisher:
  Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  225-234
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043203
• Citation:
  Aerosol inhalation: recent research frontiers - proceedings of the International Workshop on Aerosol Inhalation, Lung Transport, Deposition and the Relation to the Environment: Recent Research Frontiers, Warsaw, Poland, September 14-16, 1995. Marijnissen JC, Gradon L, eds. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Jan; :225-234
• Editor(s):
  Marijnissen JC; Gradon L
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19950201
• Source Full Name:
  Aerosol inhalation: recent research frontiers - proceedings of the International Workshop on Aerosol Inhalation, Lung Transport, Deposition and the Relation to the Environment: Recent Research Frontiers, September 14-16, 1995, Warsaw, Poland
• End Date:
  19980731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195172/cdc_195172_DS1.pdf
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