Filtration effects due to bioassay cage design and screen type

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-421

  Fritz, Bradley K ^a   Hoffmann, W Clint ^a   Farooq, Muhammad ^b   Walker, Todd ^b   Bonds, Jane ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Navy Entomology Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay cages; spray filtration; spray flux

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULICIDAE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; TOXICITY TESTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 78650317094     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6031.1     Document Type: Article

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