Effective personal protective clothing for health care workers attending patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Wong, Thomas K S ^a   Chung, Joanne W Y ^a,c   Li, Y ^b   Chan, Wai F ^c   Ching, Patricia T Y ^d   Lam, Conita H S ^e   Chow, Chun B ^f   Seto, Wing H ^d  

^a Nethersole School of Nursing   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Textiles and Clothing

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Queen Mary Hospital

^e YAN CHAI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f Princess Margaret Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 1842629682     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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