Method to determine the number of bacterial spores within aerosol particles

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 960-965

  Carrera, Monica ^b   Kesavan, Jana ^a   Zandomeni, Ruben ^b   Sagripanti, Jose Luis ^a,c  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIODEFENSE; DIFFERENTIAL- INTERFERENCE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENERATOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; METERED DOSE INHALER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29644431860     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820500352098     Document Type: Article

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