Engineering Control of Airborne Disease Transmission in Animal Laboratories

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 9-17

  Kowalski, W J ^a   Bahnfleth, W P ^a   Carey, D D ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FILTRATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROLOGY;

ADSORPTION; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VENTILATION;

EID: 0036582216     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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