100 Years of Respiratory Protection [article]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Description:
  In 1919, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) initiated the first respirator certification program. Several months later, on January 15, 1920, this federal body certified the first respirator. To recognize the important milestones of the past 100 years, this webpage documents a general historical overview of respiratory protection research and the evolution of the certification program as undertaken by the U.S. federal government.
• Subjects:
  History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Respiratory Protective Devices
• Document Type:
  Interactive Resource
• Genre:
  Webpage
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eee25a667173c322045af15df37712406e516136f07cb8aded3f2e9972d8500f82e5dc8b78dbe868474530328f4a3d727426a73a4345f1aacbd62d05cc97073f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81090/cdc_81090_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 471.58 KB ]