Changing microbial concentrations are associated with ventilation performance in Taiwan's air-conditioned office buildings

Indoor Air

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Wu, P C ^a   Li, Y Y ^b   Chiang, C M ^b   Huang, C Y ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Li, F C ^a   Su, H J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air change rate; Bacteria; Fungi; Microbes; Office building; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BACTERIA; FUNGI; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR CHANGE RATE; AIR CHANGES; AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES; AIR-HANDLING UNIT; FAN COIL UNIT; MICROBE; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; UNIT SYSTEMS; VENTILATED BUILDINGS; VENTILATION PERFORMANCE;

VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLADOSPORIUM; GAS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; STUDENT T TEST;

CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 13544261577     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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