Potential airborne exposure reduction evaluation of first responders to a surrogate radiological aerosol from simulated contaminated litter-bound patients in cold environments after waterless air-based decontamination using a mannequin

Authors

• Juan S. Alb, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Jeremy M. Slagley, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Kimberly Shoaf, University of Utah
• Vera Peters, Wright State University
• Faina Feldman, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Julie Skipper, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Gaiven Varshney, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Doug Lewis, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Brett T. Edwards

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2026

Comments

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Co-author G. Varshney was co-affiliated with USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at the time of this publication.

DOI

10.5055/ajdm.0530

Source Publication

American Journal of Disaster Medicine (ISSN 1932-149X | eISSN 1932-149X)

Recommended Citation

Alb, J. S., Slagley, J. M., Shoaf, K., Peters, V., Feldman, F., Skipper, J., Varshney, G., & Lewis, D. (2026). Potential airborne exposure reduction evaluation of first responders to a surrogate radiological aerosol from simulated contaminated litter-bound patients in cold environments after waterless air-based decontamination using a mannequin. American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 21(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.0530