Comparative study of airborne viable particles assessment methods in microbiological environmental monitoring

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-221

  Temprano, G ^a   Garrido, D ^b   D'Aquino, M ^a,b  

^a Microbiol Methods Appl Qual C   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Clean rooms; Comparative environmental monitoring; Microbiological monitoring; Viable particles

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRBORNE VIABLE PARTICLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGAL METHOD; CLEAN ROOM; COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED ROOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FILTRATION METHOD; IMPINGER METHOD; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NOZZLE IMPACTOR METHOD; SETTLE PLATE METHOD; SIEVE IMPACTOR METHOD; SLIT TO AGAR METHOD; TUKEY TEST;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3943085606     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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