Protection of occupants from exhaled infectious agents and floor material emissions in rooms with personalized and underfloor ventilation

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-38

  Cermak, Radim ^a   Melikov, Arsen K ^b  

^a R D Center   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN FORM MODELS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIRFLOW RATES; FLOOR MATERIAL EMISSIONS; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; UNDERFLOOR VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33846955448     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2007.10390942     Document Type: Article

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