Tuberculosis in health care settings and the estimated benefits of engineering controls and respiratory protection

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 849-854

  Barnhart, Scott ^a,c   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Beaudet, Nancy ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Balmes, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURGICAL MASK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASKS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VENTILATION;

EID: 0030921782     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199709000-00008     Document Type: Article

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