Collection of bioaerosol particles by impaction: Effect of fungal spore agglomeration and bounce

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 617-624

  Trunov, Mikhaylo ^a,b   Trakumas, Saulius ^a,c   Willeke, Klaus ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a  

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

^b ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGGLOMERATION; ANTIBIOTICS; CALIBRATION; FUNGI; SPECTROMETERS;

BIOAEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM MELINII;

EID: 0034956722     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820121313     Document Type: Article

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