Dodging Droplet Nuclei: Reducing the Probability of Nosocomial Tuberculosis Transmission in the AIDS Era
American Review of Respiratory DiseasePublished 1 September 1990
Edward A. Nardell
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"Dodging Droplet Nuclei: Reducing the Probability of Nosocomial Tuberculosis Transmission in the AIDS Era." American Review of Respiratory Disease, 142(3), pp. 501–503
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