Bill Kournikakis

Summary

Affiliation: Defence Research and Development Canada
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Anthrax letters: personal exposure, building contamination, and effectiveness of immediate mitigation measures
    Bill Kournikakis
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    J Occup Environ Hyg 7:71-9. 2010
  2. ncbi Anthrax letters in an open office environment: effects of selected CDC response guidelines on personal exposure and building contamination
    Bill Kournikakis
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Alberta, Canada
    J Occup Environ Hyg 8:113-22. 2011
  3. ncbi Pulmonary deposition of aerosolized Bacillus atrophaeus in a Swine model due to exposure from a simulated anthrax letter incident
    E J Scott Duncan
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    Inhal Toxicol 21:141-52. 2009
  4. ncbi Anthrax-protective effects of yeast beta 1,3 glucans
    Bill Kournikakis
    Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence R and D Canada, Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Can
    MedGenMed 5:1. 2003

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Anthrax letters: personal exposure, building contamination, and effectiveness of immediate mitigation measures
    Bill Kournikakis
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    J Occup Environ Hyg 7:71-9. 2010
    ..Potential mitigation procedures tested in this study did not reduce aerosol hazard or surface contamination...
  2. ncbi Anthrax letters in an open office environment: effects of selected CDC response guidelines on personal exposure and building contamination
    Bill Kournikakis
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Alberta, Canada
    J Occup Environ Hyg 8:113-22. 2011
    ..Closing office doors and quickly deactivating the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system significantly reduced spore aerosol concentrations outside the main open office in which they had been released...
  3. ncbi Pulmonary deposition of aerosolized Bacillus atrophaeus in a Swine model due to exposure from a simulated anthrax letter incident
    E J Scott Duncan
    Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    Inhal Toxicol 21:141-52. 2009
    ..Thus, there would appear to be a significant health risk to those individuals exposed to anthrax spores when opening a contaminated envelope...
  4. ncbi Anthrax-protective effects of yeast beta 1,3 glucans
    Bill Kournikakis
    Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence R and D Canada, Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Can
    MedGenMed 5:1. 2003
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