Biological and metal contaminants in HVAC filter dust

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 484-491

  Noris, Federico ^a   Siegel, Jeffrey A ^a   Kinney, Kerry A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIAL SPORE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DUST SAMPLES; FILTER EFFICIENCY; FUNGAL SPORES; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR SOURCES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL SOURCES; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTRATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FUNGI; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEAD; METALS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PLATE METAL;

POLLUTION;

EID: 77950812336     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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