Comparison of respirable dust specifications with recent lung data.
This paper compares the two major respirable dusts size specifications with lung models derived from a recent review using computer simulation in logarithmic normal dust clouds. It was found that either specification gives reasonable reproductibility with respect to either the nose or mouth breathing lung models over the usual range of industrial dust clouds, and either could be chosen as a standard with only a slight adjustment in the corresponding dust control limit.
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010316:Particle Size
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust