Exposure assessment of airborne microorganisms by fluorescence microscopy and image processing

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Kildesø, Jan ^a   Nielsen, Birgitte Herbert ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FLUORESCENCE; FOCUSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTES;

BIOAEROSOLS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

MICROORGANISMS;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOUSEHOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROORGANISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WASTE;

EID: 0031127411     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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