Use of ozone to reduce bacteria and moulds in the air and on surfaces

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Klánová, Kateřina ^a   Lajčíková, Ariana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Micro organisms; Ozone; Surfaces; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33144489228     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06062344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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