Effect of building construction on Aspergillus concentrations in a hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-464

  Goebes, Marian D ^a   Baron, Ellen Jo ^b   Mathews, Kathleen L ^a   Hildemann, Lynn M ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; ASPERGILLUS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 42549121748     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587189     Document Type: Article

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