Effects of Grade and Wearing Time of Industrial Filtering Facepiece Respirator on Workers: Subjective Discomfort Level
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Young-Mi, Kim
(Graduate School of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Won, Choi (Graduate School of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) Woo-Je, Lee (Graduate School of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) Doo-Young, Kim (Graduate School of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) Ki-Youn, Kim (Graduate School of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) |
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