Inactivation of fungal spores collected on fibrous filters by melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree Oil)

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-268

  Huang, Ruth ^a   Pyankov, Oleg V ^a   Yu, Bofu ^a   Agranovski, Igor E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTICLES; AIR CARRIERS; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANOVA TEST; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; FIBROUS FILTERS; FILTER SURFACE; FUNGAL SPORES; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MAIN PROCESS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; TEA TREE OIL; TIME PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOFILTRATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISINFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AIR FILTERS;

TEA TREE OIL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DISINFECTION; FILTER; FILTRATION; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 77949650845     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903580188     Document Type: Article

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