Influence of Particle Size upon the Retention of Particulate Matter in the Human Lung

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Influence of Particle Size upon the Retention of Particulate Matter in the Human Lung Affiliation J. H. Brown, K. M. Cook, F. G. Ney, and Theodore Hatch CopyRight*Presented before a Joint Session of the American School Health Association and the Engineering Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene, and School Health Section of the American Public Health Association at the Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting in New York, N. Y., October 28, 1949.†The work described in this paper was done under contract between the Biological Division, Chemical Corps, U. S. Army, and the Mellon Institute (Industrial Hygiene Foundation Research Laboratory). https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.40.4.450 Published Online: August 29, 2011