Anthrax letters in an open office environment: Effects of selected CDC response guidelines on personal exposure and building contamination

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Kournikakis, Bill ^a   Martinez, Kenneth F ^b   McCleery, Robert E ^b   Shadomy, Sean V ^c   Ramos, Gabriel ^d  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Technical Support Working Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus atrophaeus; BG; Scenariobased modeling; Spore aerosols

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTAL MAIL; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR MOVEMENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTAL SERVICE; POWDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955665849     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.547454     Document Type: Article

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