Bioaerosols from the land application of biosolids in the desert southwest USA

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosolisation; Bioaerosol; Biosolids; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COTTON; DESORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; VIRUSES;

AMBIENT WEATHER; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOSOLIDS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT (HPC); PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS;

AEROSOLS;

ANTIFOAMING AGENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PEPTONE; WATER;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AIR SAMPLING; BIOSOLID; MICROORGANISM;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLID; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344645864     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0003     Document Type: Article

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