Catching Droplet Nuclei: Toward a Better Understanding of Tuberculosis Transmission

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-554

  Nardell, Edward A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COUGHING; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COUGH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VENTILATION;

EID: 1442276289     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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