Airborne viable particles and total number of airborne particles: Comparative studies of active air sampling

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-116

  Ljungqvist, Bengt ^a   Reinmüller, Berit ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLOTHING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DAY CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0343569987     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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