Contaminant dispersion in the vicinity of a worker in a uniform velocity field

I Welling1, I M Andersson, G Rosen

  • 1Lappeenranta Regional Institute of Occupational Health, Laserkatu 6, 53850, Lappeenranta, Finland. irma.welling@occuphealth.fi

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