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A Comparison of Respirator Fit Factors Determined by Portable Condensation Nuclei Counting and Forward Light-Scattering Photometric Methods

John C. Rose Texaco, Inc., P.O. Box 1404, 42nd Floor, Houston, Texas, 77251, USA
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Riedar K. Oestenstad University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, UAB Station, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA
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Vernon E. Rose University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, UAB Station, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA
Pages 792-797 | Received 16 Jun 1989, Accepted 16 Jul 1990, Published online: 24 Feb 2011

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