A human behavior integrated hierarchical model of airborne disease transmission in a large city

Building and Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2018, Pages 211-220

  Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Huang, Hong ^b   Su, Boni ^c   Ma, Xun ^b   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Electric Power Planning Engineering Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne infectious disease; Human behavior; Infection risk; Population movement; Transmission; Wells Riley equation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISEASES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; HONG-KONG; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARGE CITIES; POPULATION MOVEMENT; WELL-RILEY EQUATION;

SARS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; KOWLOON;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 85034018952     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.011     Document Type: Article

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