Controlling airborne infections

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Hoffman, P N ^a   Bennett, A M ^b   Scott, G M ^c  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ROOM VENTILATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLOSIS; BURNS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MORTUARY PRACTICE; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033373418     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90087-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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