Hospital indoor environment: Screening for micro-organisms and particulate matter

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Klánová, Kateřina ^a   Hollerová, Jitka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Hospital; Indoor air; Moulds; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; MEASUREMENT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037497159     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X03012001010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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