Bioaerosols as contributors to poor air quality in Taichung City, Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Wang, Chun Chin ^a   Fang, Guor Cheng ^a   Kuo, Chao Hung ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andersen six stage viable sampler; Bioaerosols

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; BACTERIA NUMBER; BIOAEROSOLS; GLUCANS; HUMAN BODIES; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; RESPIRATORY TRACT; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAMPLING SITE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ANTIGENS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ALLERGEN;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOAEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; TAIWAN;

TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954142145     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0980-z     Document Type: Article

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