A Novel Size-Selective Airborne Particle Size

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Ann. Occup. Hyg., Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 225–237, 2009 Ó 2009 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. doi:10.1093/annhyg/mep002

A Novel Size-Selective Airborne Particle Size Fractionating Instrument for Health Risk Evaluation B. GORBUNOV1, N. D. PRIEST2, R. B. MUIR1*, P. R. JACKSON3 and H. GNEWUCH1 1

Naneum Ltd, Suite BG10, CEH, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK; 2School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University, Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SA, UK; 3CERAM, Queens Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LQ, UK

Received 15 June 2008; in final form 19 December 2008; published online 11 March 2009 Health risks associated with the inhalation of airborne particles are known to be influenced by particle size. Studies have shown that certain nanoparticles, with diameters