Field evaluation of a personal, bioaerosol cyclone sampler

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 724-734

  Macher, Janet ^a   Chen, Bean ^b   Rao, Carol ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cyclone sampler; Fungal biodiversity; Method comparison; Outdoor air; Sampler performance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 55949085258     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802400159     Document Type: Article

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