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Characterization of small-to-medium head-and-face dimensions for developing respirator fit test panels and evaluating fit of filtering facepiece respirators with different faceseal design

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  • Yi-Chun Lin
  • Chen-Peng Chen

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A respirator fit test panel (RFTP) with facial size distribution representative of intended users is essential to the evaluation of respirator fit for new models of respirators. In this study an anthropometric survey was conducted among youths representing respirator users in mid-Taiwan to characterize head-and-face dimensions key to RFTPs for application to small-to-medium facial features. The participants were fit-tested for three N95 masks of different facepiece design and the results compared to facial size distribution specified in the RFTPs of bivariate and principal component analysis design developed in this study to realize the influence of facial characteristics to respirator fit in relation to facepiece design. Nineteen dimensions were measured for 206 participants. In fit testing the qualitative fit test (QLFT) procedures prescribed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration were adopted. As the results show, the bizygomatic breadth of the male and female participants were 90.1 and 90.8% of their counterparts reported for the U.S. youths (P

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  • Yi-Chun Lin & Chen-Peng Chen, 2017. "Characterization of small-to-medium head-and-face dimensions for developing respirator fit test panels and evaluating fit of filtering facepiece respirators with different faceseal design," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-26, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0188638
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188638
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    1. Anthony P. Pierlot & David L. J. Alexander & Jürg A. Schütz, 2022. "Impact of Wearing on Filtration Performance of Electrostatic Filter Face Masks," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-13, April.

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