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Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 18, 2003 - Issue 4
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Numerical Determination of Personal Aerosol Sampler Aspiration Efficiency

Simone Lo Savio Institute of Atmospheric and Climatology Sciences, Bologna, Italy
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Paolo Paradisi Department of Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Control Engineering, Bologna, Italy
,
Francesco Tampieri Institute of Atmospheric and Climatology Sciences, Bologna, Italy
,
Franco Belosi Institute of Atmospheric and Climatology Sciences, Bologna, Italy
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Maria Pia Morigi Physics Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Sergio Agostini Bioikos Ambiente s.r.l., Bologna, Italy
Pages 244-255 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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