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The persistence of dust in occupied rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. J. Lowbury
E. J. Lowbury
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From the M.R.C. Common Cold and Air Hygiene Research Units, Harvard Hospital, Salisbury
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Fluorescein dispersed as powder into the air of occupied rooms was extracted in measurable quantities from dust after as many as twenty previous sweepings.

The value of fluorescein in showing the rate of removal of dust from occupied environments is discussed in relation to the transfer of infection.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , March 1950 , pp. 1 - 5
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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