Preparedness for Handling a Mass Casualty Event

Abraham Bachar

B. General (res.), President & CEO, IsraTeam 98 Ltd, 10 Hamelacha St, Northern I. Z. Lod 71520, ISRAEL

Respiratory Protection for Military Aircrew

Alex Rowbotham

Dstl 

Prediction of Filter Performances against Organic Vapours: Statistical Analysis of Breakthrough Times
as a Basis for a Simple Prediction Model

Andre Lavanchy

Individual NBC Protection, SPIEZ LABORATORY, Spiez, Bern CH-3700, Switzerland

How is Respirator Comfort Affected by Individual Respiratory Resistance?

Arthur T. Johnson

University of Maryland, Biological Resources Engineering, College Park, MD 20742-5711, USA 

Why Physiological Studies Are Important

Arthur T. Johnson

University of Maryland, Biological Resources Engineering, College Park, MD 20742-5711, USA

Gas Mask Protection Factor Measurements and Limitations

Brian Harrison and Septimus Liang

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Royal Military College of Canada, P.O.Box 17000 Stn Forces, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4 Canada

Respirator Filter Collection Efficiency and US Respirator Recommendations for Biological Aerosols: A Review

Craig E. Colton, CIH and Robert A. Weber, CIH

3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division, 3M Center Bldg. 235-2E-91, St. Paul, MN 55144, USA

Workplace Breathing Rates: Defining Anticipated Values and Ranges for Respirator Certification Testing

David M. Caretti, Karen M. Coyne, and Paul D. Gardner

U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424

Peak Inhalation Air Flow and Minute Volumes Measured in a Bicycle Ergometer Test

Goran Berndtsson

SEA Group, Safety Equipment America, Inc., 1001 Avenida Pico PMB #626, San Clemente, California, USA

“The Consequences of High Inhalation AIR Flow”
A Follow up on “Peak Inhalation Air Flow and Minute Volumes Measured in a Bicycle Ergometer Test”

Goran Berndtsson

SEA Group, Safety Equipment America, Inc., 1001 Avenida Pico PMB #626, San Clemente, Californica, USA

Further Advances in the Development of a Personalised Respirator Face Seal

Grant S. Richardson

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK

The Development of Instrumentation and Analysis Tools to Assess Respirator Performance in the Field

Grant S. Richardson, Maj. John Winskill, Major Angus McLeod

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK

Development of PAO (poly-alpha-olefin) Particle Generator

Hiromi Koyama and Seiji Ikawa

Sibata Scientific Technology Ltd., 1-1-62, Nakane, Soka, Saitama 340-0005

Peak Inspiratory Flow Rates in Respirators during Graded Treadmill Exercise.

I. Holmer, K. Kuklane, and C. Gao

Thermal Environment Laboratory, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Technical University, Lund, 22100 Sweden

Respirator Classification, A Subject That Requires Class Definitions and Oversight

James S. Johnson

Chemical & Biological Section Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O.Box 808, L-379, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551, USA

The Storm Decline Accident : An Investigation of The Use and Performance of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Jeffery Kravitz

Special Projects/Mine Emergency Operations, MSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, P.O.Box18233,Building151,MillRoad, Cochrans,Pittsburgh,PA15236,U.S.A.

Standards Development Efforts for Powered Air Purifying Respirators and Closed-Circuit Breathing Apparatus Used to Protect Emergency Responders against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Agents

John G. Kovac

ational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Development of The New 3D Test Panel for Half-Mask Respirators by 3D Shape Analysis for Korean Faces

Kangyoon Kim, Hyunwook Kim, Joong Lee, Eungdae Lee, Dong Wook Kim

Institute of Occupational Health, Korean Industrial Health Association
Dept. Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
Document Photography Dept., National Institute of Scientific Investigation

Influencing Factors of Carbon Dioxide Concentration Increase of Filtering Respirators

Katsumi Suzuki, Akio Ogawa and Yoshimi Matsumura

The Technology Institution of Industrial Safety, 1011A, Kanagawa Science Park, 3-2-1 Sakato, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki 213-0012, Japan

Assessment of Ergonomic Aspects of Respiratory Protective Devices

Krzysztof Makowski & Katarzyna Majchrzycka

Central Institute for Labour Protection, National Research Institute, Lodz, 90-133, Poland

Evaluation of a Proposed Method to Measure Penetration of Submicrometer Aerosols Through N95 Filters

Larry L. Janssen , Michael D. Luinenburg, Haskell E. Mullins and Thomas J. Nelson

3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division, Thomas Neslon affiliation, St. Paul, MN 55144, USA
NIHS, Inc., Ardentown, DE 19810, USA

A Practical Method for Interpreting Breathing Curves in the Selection of Negative Pressure Respirators

Leif A Ekman

EZE Communications, PO Box 528 Wahroonga NSW 2076, Australia

Preventive Measures for Workers of Incineration Plants from Exposure to Dioxin

Mitsuhiro Kudo

Occupational Health Research and Development Center, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, 5-35-2, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014, Japan

PAO Aerosol as Replacement for DOP

Naoki Sugita, Akira Yokochi

Midori Anzen Co.,Ltd., 5-27-1, Inari, Sokashi, Saitama 340-0003, Japan
Tokai University 

Respiratory Self-Escape Devices: Imperative Need for Establishing a New Category of Respiratory Protective Equipment

Nikolay Plate, Vassiliy Batyrev, Professor Marina Bloudyan, Juri G. Sorokin

Academy of Sciences of Russia
Expert Group of the Association of Developers
Manufacturers and Suppliers of PPE
Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of PPE