Release of Streptomyces albus propagules from contaminated surfaces

Environmental Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-53

  Górny, Rafał L ^a,c   Mainelis, Gediminas ^a,d   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a   Willeke, Klaus ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^b   Reponen, Tiina ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c Inst of Ocup Med/Educ Health   (Poland)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Building material; Release; Streptomyces albus; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORANGIUM; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; STREPTOMYCES; VIBRATION;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037288215     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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