Engineering infection control through facility design

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 354-357

  Noskin, Gary A ^a,b   Peterson, Lance R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035042412     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0702.010242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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