The measurement of aerosolized endotoxin from land application of Class B biosolids in Southeast Arizona

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-156

  Brooks, J P ^a   Tanner, B D ^a   Gerba, C P ^a   Pepper, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Bioaerosol; Biosolids; Endotoxin; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYSACCHARIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOAEROSOL; BIOSOLIDS; ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AEROSOLS;

ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AEROSOL; BIOSOLID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744482031     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-115     Document Type: Article

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