Enhancement of the Performance Capabilities of the USF Inhalation Challenge Chamber

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• Personal Author:
  Hammad YY ; Riley LF
• Description:
  Objective: The purpose of this study is to enhance the capabilities of a whole-body human exposure chamber (HEC) and determine the largest particle size that can be consistently generated. Once this size is determined, the inhalable and thoracic fractions of the dust cloud will be determined. Methods: This chamber is located in the Breath Laboratory of the Sunshine Education and Research Center at the University of South Florida's (USF's) College of Public Health. Previous work has been conducted with this chamber to generate respirable fractions, but not larger sizes. Results: (Results are forthcoming, as actual research has not yet been conducted) Conclusion: By determining the largest particle size that can be consistently generated, future inhalation challenge studies using inhalable and thoracic-size particles may be possible with this chamber. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Dust Environmental Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Aerosol Chamber Dust Exposure Dusts Exposure Levels Inhalation Particles Particle Size Public Health Risk Factors Thoracic

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• Publisher:
  University of South Florida (USF)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064329
• Citation:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 23-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2012 Feb; :15
• Contact Point Address:
  Laura F. Riley, University of South Florida, College of Public Health Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 23-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b5e5cae3763628b518ccb0124bbf5f2885b138e660f73f158945de4175f38c38a1f112737f5183c2a1fb081285acbb279e98a66d34ac22ab8a0ab3629eb1b20
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222820/cdc_222820_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 82.24 KB ]