Generation of bioaerosols during manual mail unpacking and sorting

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1099-1107

  Brandl, Helmut ^a   Bachofen, R ^a   Bischoff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Flow cytometry; Impaction; Impingement; Mail sorting; Particle counting

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGI; SCREENING;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL GENERATION; BIOAEROSOLS; DIFFERENT SIZES; IMPACTION; IMPINGEMENT; MAIL SORTING; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE COUNTING; SIZE CLASS;

MAIL HANDLING;

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOAEROSOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTAL MAIL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 27444439104     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02700.x     Document Type: Article

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