Predictive models of control strategies involved in containing indoor airborne infections

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 469-481

  Chen, S C ^a   Chang, C F ^a   Liao, C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic Infection; Basic Reproductive Number; Indoor Air Quality; Indoor Airborne Infection; Mathematical Models

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARS; STATISTICS;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BASIC REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER; CONTACT TRACING; CONTROL MEASURES; ENGINEERING CONTROLS; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIRBORNE INFECTION; SCALE ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 33750738888     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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