Tracer study of airborne transmission in an aircraft cabin mock-up

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 697-705

  Wang, Aijun ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a,b   Topmiller, Jennifer L ^c   Bennett, James S ^a,c   Dunn, Kevin H ^c  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; BOEING (CO); INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TRACER GASES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT MOCKUPS; AIRCRAFT SEATS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE CONTROL; PROXIMITY SENSORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

EID: 33750318807     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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