Parameters for ventilation controlled environments in hospitals

IAQ Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 305-309

  Streifel, Andrew J ^a   Marshall, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE HAZARDS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN CRITERIA; DESIGN FEATURES; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; INFECTIOUS PARTICLES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT CARE; ROOM VENTILATIONS;

ASPERGILLUS; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; HOSPITALS; SPECIFICATIONS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84874230737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21664870     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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