Concentrations and sources of airborne particles in a neonatal intensive care unit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Licina, Dusan ^a   Bhangar, Seema ^a   Brooks, Brandon ^b   Baker, Robyn ^c   Firek, Brian ^d   Tang, Xiaochen ^a   Morowitz, Michael J ^d,e   Banfield, Jillian F ^b   Nazaroff, William W ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STATISTICS; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84969862358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154991     Document Type: Article

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