Review of isolation ward ventilation design and evaluation by simulation

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-79

  Yik, Francis W H ^a   Powell, Greg ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airflow modelling; Hong Kong; Isolation; Mechanical ventilation; Pressure differences

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLOW RATE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WARD;

EID: 0038511106     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X03012001012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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