A multi-zone model evaluation of the efficacy of upper-room air ultraviolet germicidal irradiation

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 317-328

  Nicas, Mark ^a   Miller, Shelly L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi Zone Modeling; Tuberculosis; Ultraviolet Germicidal Radiation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032994592     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302909     Document Type: Article

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