Effect of relative humidity on the aerodynamic diameter and respiratory deposition of fungal spores

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3967-3974

  Reponen, Tiina ^a,b   Willeke, Klaus ^a   Ulevicius, Vidmantas ^a,c   Reponen, Auvo ^a,d   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fungi; Generation; Hygroscopicity; Mold

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEALTH RISKS; PULMONARY DISEASES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPECTROMETRY;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AEROSOLIZATION; AIRBORNE FUNGAL SPORES; DRY DISPERSION METHOD; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

FUNGI;

AGAR;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLADOSPORIUM; DISPERSION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIDITY; MODEL; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; WETTABILITY;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI;

EID: 0030560993     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00128-8     Document Type: Article

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