Method for estimating ultraviolet germicidal fluence rates in a hospital room

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1042-1047

  Schafer, Millie P ^a   Kujundzic, Elmira ^b   Moss, Clyde E ^c   Miller, Shelly L ^b  

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

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; MICROORGANISM; RADIATION DETECTOR; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RADIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 54949121435     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591856     Document Type: Article

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