Large particles are responsible for elevated bacterial marker levels in school air upon occupation

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-456

  Fox, Alvin ^a   Harley, William ^a   Feigley, Charles ^b   Salzberg, Deborah ^b   Toole, Charlotte ^b   Sebastian, Aleksandra ^c   Larsson, Lennart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; MURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 19544394088     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b418038k     Document Type: Article

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