Estimation of Tuberculosis Risk on a Commercial Airliner

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-388

  Ko, Gwangpyo ^a   Thompson, Kimberly M ^b   Nardell, Edward A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Aircraft; Disease transmission; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ONE BOX MODEL (OBM); SEQUENTIAL BOX MODEL (SBM); TUBERCULOSIS (TB);

HEALTH RISKS;

TUBERCULOSIS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AVIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VENTILATION;

EID: 2442445317     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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