Some aspects of the airborne transmission of infection

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2009, Pages

  Clark, Raymond P ^a   De Calcina Goff, Mervyn L ^a  

^a Society of Environmental Engineers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Infection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; HEALTH CARE; VIRUSES;

AIR FLOW; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE ORGANISMS; AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; CLEAN AIR; CONCENTRATION OF; ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING; FLOOR CLEANING; GARMENT ASSEMBLY; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; HUMAN BODIES; OPERATING THEATRE; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS; PARTICLE DISPERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

SURGERY;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 73449110911     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0236.focus     Document Type: Review

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