Rapid detection and determination of the aerodynamic size range of airborne mycobacteria associated with whirlpools

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Schafer, Millie P ^a   Martinez, Kenneth F ^a   Mathews, Elaine S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Hot Tubs; Mycobacteria; Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR); Whirlpools

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROPORE FILTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FILTRATION; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037215349     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301387     Document Type: Article

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