Filter quality of electret masks in filtering 14.6-594 nm aerosol particles: Effects of five decontamination methods.

This study investigates the effects of five decontamination methods on the filter quality (qf) of three commercially available electret masks-N95, Gauze and Spunlace nonwoven masks. Newly developed evaluation methods, the overall filter quality (qf,o) and the qf ratio were applied to evaluate the ef...

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Main Authors: Tzu-Hsien Lin, Chih-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chung-Wen Kuo, Chane-Yu Lai, Wen-Yinn Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5638397?pdf=render