Short-term dynamic patterns of bioaerosol generation and displacement in an indoor environment

Aerobiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-209

  Brandl, Helmut ^a   Von Däniken, Astrid ^a,b   Hitz, Carmen ^a   Krebs, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aeromicrobiology; Bioaerosols; Impaction sampling; Monitoring; Particle counting; Particulate aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI;

EID: 55349146235     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-008-9099-x     Document Type: Article

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