Microbial aerosol generation during laboratory accidents and subsequent risk assessment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 658-663

  Bennett, A ^a   Parks, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air microbiology; Biocontainment; Biosafety; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BOTTLES; LABORATORIES; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL GENERATION; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR SAMPLERS; BIOCONTAINMENT; BIOSAFETY; MICROBIAL AEROSOLS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS ASSESSMENTS;

AEROSOLS;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; LABORATORY METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTATION; FILTER; INHALATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 33645102620     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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