Ventilation control of indoor transmission of airborne diseases in an Urban community

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-218

  Gao, Xiaolei ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airborne disease; Engineering control; Influenza; SEIR model; Ventilation; Wellsg Riley equation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649233606     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09104141     Document Type: Article

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