Size distributions of total airborne particles and bioaerosols in a municipal composting facility

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5150-5154

  Byeon, Jeong Hoon ^a   Park, Chul Woo ^a   Yoon, Ki Young ^a   Park, Jae Hong ^a   Hwang, Jungho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Composting facility; Size distribution; Total airborne particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOAEROSOLS; COMPOSTING FACILITY; TOTAL AIRBORNE PARTICLES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOLS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; COMPOSTING; DETECTION METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING;

AEROSOLS; AIR; CITIES; KOREA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 41849141242     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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