Performance of Air-O-Cell, Burkard, and Button Samplers for total enumeration of airborne spores

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 855-864

  Aizenberg, V ^a   Reponen, T ^a   Grinshpun, S A ^a   Willeke, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosol sampling; Bioaerosol; Enumeration; Filtration; Impaction

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DYE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLER; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS;

EID: 0034451293     PISSN: 15298663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298660008984598     Document Type: Article

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