Pulsed UV-C disinfection of Escherichia coli with light-emitting diodes, emitted at various repetition rates and duty cycles

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Wengraitis, Stephen ^a   McCubbin, Patrick ^b   Wade, Mary Margaret ^c   Biggs, Tracey D ^c   Hall, Shane ^a   Williams, Leslie I ^c   Zulich, Alan W ^c  

^a US Army Institute of Public Health   (United States)

^b OptiMetrics Inc   (United States)

^c EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPTICAL DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84872028999     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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