Quantification of shared air: A Social and environmental determinant of airborne disease transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wood, Robin ^a   Morrow, Carl ^a   Ginsberg, Samuel ^b   Piccoli, Elizabeth ^a   Kalil, Darryl ^a   Sassi, Angelina ^a   Walensky, Rochelle P ^c   Andrews, Jason R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPIRED AIR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; REBREATHED AIR VOLUME; REBREATHING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TUBERCULOSIS; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AIR; ANALYSIS; BREATHING; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907462208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106622     Document Type: Article

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