Survey of airborne bacterial genus at a university campus

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-466

  Chan, Daniel W T ^a,b   Leung, Polly H M ^a   Tam, Cinnie S Y ^a   Jones, A P ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Indoor air quality; Micrococcus; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMIDITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 52949104757     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08097148     Document Type: Article

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