Size distributions of airborne microbes in moisture-damaged and reference school buildings of two construction types

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 39-40, 2002, Pages 6031-6039

  Meklin, Teija ^a,b   Reponen, T ^c   Toivola, M ^a   Koponen, V ^a   Husman, T ^a   Hyvarinen A ^a   Nevalainen, A ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Building material; Moisture damage; Particle sizes; Schools

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BUILDINGS; FUNGI; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CONCRETE;

BUILDING;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FUNGUS; GENUS; HUMIDITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 2242490026     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00769-0     Document Type: Article

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