Optimizing the recovery of surrogates for bacterial bioterrorism agents from ventilation filters

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 601-608

  Kim, Seung Won ^a   Raynor, Peter C ^a   Kuehn, Thomas H ^b   Goyal, Sagar M ^c   Ramakrishnan, M A ^c   Anantharaman, Senthilvelan ^c   Farnsworth, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioaerosol; Bioterrorism; Filters; HVAC

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; FILTER; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; SPORE; TERRORISM; VENTILATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 77952405137     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700182     Document Type: Article

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