Contributions of foot traffic and outdoor concentrations to indoor airborne Aspergillus

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-363

  Goebes, Marian D ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^b   Hildemann, Lynn M ^b  

^a HMG Oakland Branch   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; BIVARIATE MODELS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FOOT TRAFFIC; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN BODIES; INDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PULMONARY INFECTIONS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RE-SUSPENSION; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; STRONG CORRELATION;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC WORKS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BUILDING; CLOTHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; WALKING;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 78650617986     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.537712     Document Type: Article

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