Respirator tolerance in health care workers

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-38

  Radonovich, Lewis J ^a   Cheng, Jing ^b   Shenal, Brian V ^a   Hodgson, Michael ^a   Bender, Bradley S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; WORKPLACE; GAS MASK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149392567     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.894     Document Type: Letter

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