Riley R L
Year:
1979
Bibliographic info:
Bull europ Physiopath resp, Vol 15, 1979, pp 699-705, 16 refs.

Analyses the possibility of preventing disease being spread through a school ventilating system. States that the effectiveness of disinfecting recirculated air in blocking person to person transmission of airborne infection can be predicted to be great at the beginning of a potential outbreak and negligible during an established epidemic. Also states that air disinfection would supplement immunization in the control of respiratory infection and might be cost effective.