Exposure assessment in Beijing, China: Biological agents, ultrafine particles, and lead

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 331-343

  Dong, Shuofei ^a,b   Yao, Maosheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; Biological agents; ELISA; Glucatell; LAL; Lead; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

BEIJING; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; ELISA; GLUCATELL; LAL; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ALLERGIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); ANTIGENS; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DUST; FUNGI; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAMPLING; SUBWAYS; TEACHING; UNDERPASSES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LEAD;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BIOFILTER; CHINA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL DETECTION; GLUCATELL ASSAY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAILWAY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ATMOSPHERE; BETA-GLUCANS; ENDOTOXINS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE;

EID: 77957686536     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1236-7     Document Type: Article

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