Bioaerosol emissions arising during application of municipal solid-waste compost

Aerobiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Nikaeen, Mahnaz ^a   Hatamzadeh, Maryam ^a   Hasanzadeh, Akbar ^a   Sahami, Ebrahim ^a   Joodan, Iraj ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosol; Compost; Fungi; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOAEROSOL EMISSION; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GLIOCLADIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MUCOR; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 58849091730     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-008-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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