Bio-aerosols in indoor environment: Composition, health effects and analysis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-312

  Srikanth, Padma ^a   Sudharsanam, Suchithra ^a   Steinberg, Ralf ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bio aerosols; Health effects; Indoor air; Monitoring nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOAEROSOL; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 55549127563     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.43555     Document Type: Review

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