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Performance Evaluation of the Sampling Head and Annular Kinetic Impactor in the Savannah River Site Alpha Continuous Air Monitor

Bean T. Chen National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505
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Mark D. Hoover Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, P. O. Box 5890, Albuquerque, NM, 87185
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George J. Newton Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, P. O. Box 5890, Albuquerque, NM, 87185
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Sandra J. Montaño Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, P. O. Box 5890, Albuquerque, NM, 87185
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Donald S. Gregory Health Protection Department, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC, 29803
Pages 24-38 | Received 25 Mar 1998, Accepted 25 Jan 1999, Published online: 07 Jan 2010

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