Health and safety risk assessment methodology to calculate reverse airflow tolerance in a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) or airborne infection isolation room (AII) environment

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 157-175

  Memarzadeh, Farhad ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Biocontainment and Medical Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

AII; Airborne infection isolation room; Biosafety level; BSL 3; Health and safety; Reverse airflow; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956924871     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2010.035252     Document Type: Article

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