Use of CFD analysis in modifying a TB ward in Lima, Peru

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Noakes, C J ^a   Sleigh, P A ^a   Escombe, A R ^b   Beggs, C B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; CFD; Tuberculosis; Ultraviolet; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WARD;

EID: 33144462442     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06062364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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