An evaluation of hospital special-ventilation-room pressures

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-23

  Rice, N ^a   Streifel, A ^a   Vesley, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COOLING; HEATING; HOSPITAL DESIGN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0035149576     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501819     Document Type: Article

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