Risk of indoor airborne infection transmission estimated from carbon dioxide concentration

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Rudnick, S N ^a   Milton, D K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive number; Carbon dioxide; Communicable disease control; Indoor air pollution; Infectious disease risk modeling; Respiratory tract infections; Wells riley equation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BASIC REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RISKS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE RISK MODELING; OUTDOOR AIR; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK MODELING; WELL-RILEY EQUATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPIRED AIR; INFLUENZA; INHALATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STEADY STATE; TUBERCULOSIS; BREATHING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141941245     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2003.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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