Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Toward understanding the risk of secondary airborne infection : emission of respirable pathogens

Notes: Certain respiratory tract infections are transmitted through air. Coughing and sneezing by an infected person can emit pathogen-containing particles with diameters less than 10 um that can reach the aleveolar region. Based on our analysis of the sparse literature on respiratory aerosols, we estimated that emitted particles quickly decrease in diameters due to water loss to one-half the initial values, and that in one cough the volume in particles with initital diameters less than 20 um is 6 x 10 -8 mLRelated records: En: Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene. - Cincinnati, Ohio : American Industrial Hygiene Association : American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. - Vol. 2, nº 3, March 2005 ; p. 143-154Materia / lugar / evento: Higiene ambiental Contaminación atmosférica Vías respiratorias Aerosoles Infecciones Contaminación del aire Ventilación Partículas ambientales Enfermedades infecciosas Tuberculosis Otros autores: Nazaroff, William W.
Hubbard, Alan
American Industrial Hygiene Association
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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