Recognition errors in the quantification of micro-organisms by fluorescence microscopy

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 493-498

  Eduard, Wijnand ^a,d   Blomquist, Göran ^b   Herbert Nielsen, Birgitte ^c,d   Kulvik Heldal, Kari ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

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

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Counting errors; Field exposure chamber; Fluorescence microscopy; Fungal spores

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FUNGUS SPORE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034884913     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(01)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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