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On the Need for a Separate Standard for Performance Testing of Negative-Pressure Isolation Rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

James P. Rydock*
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Norwegian Building Research Institute, Trondheim, Norway
*
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Hagskoleringen 7b, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway (james.rydock@byggforsk.no)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters To The Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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