Safety of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal air disinfection for room occupants: Results from the Tuberculosis Ultraviolet Shelter Study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-60

  Nardell, Edward A ^a,b   Bucher, Scott J ^c,h   Brickner, Philip W ^c,h   Wang, Charles ^c,h   Vincent, Richard L ^c,h   Becan McBride, Kathleen ^d   James, Mark A ^e   Michael, Max ^f   Wright, James D ^g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^h ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 41749102681     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300108     Document Type: Article

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