The history of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation for air disinfection

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Reed, Nicholas G ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS COLI; BACILLUS PRODIGIOSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 74949087876     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500105     Document Type: Review

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