Monitoring microbial populations on wide-body commercial passenger aircraft

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-149

  McKernan, Lauralynn Taylor ^a,b   Wallingford, Kenneth M ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Burge, Harriet ^b   Rogers, Christine A ^b,c   Herrick, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Aircraft; Bacteria concentrations; Cabin air quality; MIXED modeling

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BACTERIOLOGY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AEROBIOLOGY; AIR SAMPLES; AIRCRAFT CABINS; AIRPORT TERMINALS; BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; CABIN AIR QUALITY; COLONY-FORMING UNITS; FLIGHT DURATION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; IMPACTOR S; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MIXED MODELING; ORIGIN AND DESTINATION; PASSENGER AIRCRAFT; SAMPLING INTERVALS;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; RHODOCOCCUS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; BACILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; RHODOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 44949243351     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem068     Document Type: Article

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