Airborne microbiological characteristics in public buildings of Korea

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2188-2196

  Kim, Ki Youn ^a,b   Kim, Chi Nyon ^c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Airborne fungi; Korea; Public building; Six stage cascade impactor

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; SIX-STAGE CASCADE IMPACTOR;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BACTERIUM; BUILDING; FUNGUS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FUNGI; MICROCOCCUS; PENICILLIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33845592144     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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