Use of a mathematical model to estimate tuberculosis transmission risk in an Internet café

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Furuya, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagamine, Michiko ^a,b   Watanabe, Tetsu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Association Patient Safety Management   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air ventilation; Internet caf ; Tuberculosis; Urban area; WellsRiley model

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; ROOM VENTILATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77249133222     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0062-9     Document Type: Article

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