Prospective study of bacterial and viral contamination of exercise equipment

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Goldhammer, Kirsten A ^a,b   Dooley, David P ^a   Ayala, Eleanor ^a   Zera, Wendy ^a   Hill, Bonnie L ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Decontamination; Exercise; Treadmill; Virus; Weights

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EXERCISE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUSES;

EID: 30344459992     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000181436.41268.1f     Document Type: Article

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