Selecting respirators for control of worker exposure to infectious aerosols

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  McCullough, Nicole Vars ^a   Brosseau, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033073756     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501602     Document Type: Article

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