Infectiousness of air from a tuberculosis ward. Ultraviolet irradiation of infected air: comparative infectiousness of different patients - PubMed (original) (raw)

Infectiousness of air from a tuberculosis ward. Ultraviolet irradiation of infected air: comparative infectiousness of different patients

R L RILEY et al. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1962 Apr.

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