Do N95 respirators provide 95% protection level against airborne viruses, and how adequate are surgical masks?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Bałazy, Anna ^a,b   Toivola, Mika ^a   Adhikari, Atin ^a   Sivasubramani, Satheesh K ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INHALATION; MS2 VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; VIRION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEVIVIRUS; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VIRUSES;

EID: 32844463381     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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