The education and practice program for medical students with quantitative and qualitative fit test for respiratory protective equipment

Industrial Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-182

  Myong, Jun Pyo ^a   Byun, Jun Su ^a   Cho, Youn Mo ^a   Seo, Hye Kyung ^a   Baek, Jung Eun ^a   Koo, Jung Wan ^a   Kim, Hyunwook ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Education; Fit test; Industrial hygiene; Medical student; Respiratory protective device; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84962251992     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2015-0072     Document Type: Article

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