Open AccessRespiratory Performance Offered by N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks: Human Subject Evaluation with NaCl Aerosol Representing Bacterial and Viral Particle Size Range
Author(s) -
Shu-An Lee,
Sergey A. Grinshpun,
Tiina Reponen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the annals of occupational hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1475-3162
pISSN - 0003-4878
DOI - 10.1093/annhyg/men005
Subject(s) - respirator , exhalation , aerosol , medicine , particle size , materials science , biomedical engineering , chemistry , composite material , anesthesia , organic chemistry
This study aimed at determining the protection factors (PFs) provided by N95 filtering facepiece respirators and surgical masks against particles representing bacterial and viral size ranges (aerodynamic size: 0.04-1.3 mum).
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