Risk assessment towards tuberculosis among hospital personnel: Administrative control, risk exposure, use of protective barriers and microbial air quality

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1005-1011

  Luksamijarulkul, Pipat ^a   Supapvanit, Chompunut ^b   Loosereewanich, Preecha ^a   Aiumlaor, Pornapa ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Yarang Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Nopparatjathanee Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 12444326324     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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