Author Correction: Far-UVC light: A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (2752), 10.1038/s41598-018-21058-w);Far-UVC light: A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Welch, David ^a   Buonanno, Manuela ^a   Grilj, Veljko ^a   Shuryak, Igor ^a   Crickmore, Connor ^a   Bigelow, Alan W ^a   Randers Pehrson, Gerhard ^a   Johnson, Gary W ^a   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85050672642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97682-w     Document Type: Erratum

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