Experimental study of indoor and outdoor airborne bacterial concentrations in Tempe, Arizona, USA

Aerobiologia

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-211

  Zhu, Hong ^a   Phelan, Patrick E ^b,c   Duan, Tianhua ^b   Raupp, Gregory B ^b   Fernando, Harindra J S ^b   Che, Fengxiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Dept of Mech and Aerosp Eng ^*

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Concentration; Indoor outdoor; USA

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WIND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347089012     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000006571.23160.8a     Document Type: Article

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