Study of the indoor air quality in hospitals in South Chennai, India - Microbial profile

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-441

  Sudharsanam, Suchithra ^a   Srikanth, Padma ^b   Sheela, Merline ^a   Steinberg, Ralf ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Bioaerosols; Nosocomial infections; Settle plate; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAVITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WARD;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 52949144920     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08095568     Document Type: Article

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