Contribution of particle counting in assessment of exposure to airborne microorganisms

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 951-959

  Parat, Sylvie ^a   Perdrix, Alain ^a   Mann, Sylvie ^a   Baconnier, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Air sampling strategy; Airborne particles; Bioaerosols; Indoor air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BUILDINGS; CORRELATION METHODS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

BIOAEROSOLS; LASER PARTICLE COUNTERS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROORGANISM;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033103051     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00218-0     Document Type: Article

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