Thermal effects on bacterial bioaerosols in continuous air flow

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4723-4730

  Jung, Jae Hee ^a,c   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Kim, Sang Soo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air sterilization; Airborne bacterial endotoxin; Bacterial bioaerosols; Relative recovery; Thermal electric heating system

Indexed keywords

AIR STERILIZATION; AIRBORNE BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN; BACTERIAL BIOAEROSOLS; RELATIVE RECOVERY; THERMAL ELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEM;

AIR; AIR CLEANERS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN;

AIRFLOW; BACTERIUM; HEATING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL BIOAEROSOL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEM;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 67349126944     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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