Control of exposure to exhaled air from sick occupant with wearable personal exhaust unit

Indoor Air 2014 - 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 412-419

  Bolashikov, Zhecho D ^a   Barova, Maria I ^a   Melikov, Arsen K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne cross infection; Contaminant control; Full scale measurements; Hospital ventilation; Wearable personalized exhaust unit

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HOSPITALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIXING; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

AIRBORNE PATHOGENS; BREATHING CYCLE; CONTAMINANT CONTROL; CROSS-INFECTION; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; FULL SCALE MEASUREMENTS; FULL SCALE TESTS; WEARABLE PERSONALIZED EXHAUST UNIT;

AIR CLEANERS;

EID: 84924705737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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