Airborne bacteria concentrations and related factors at university laboratories, hospital diagnostic laboratories and a biowaste site

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-264

  Hwang, Sung Ho ^a   Park, Dong Uk ^b   Ha, Kwon Chul ^c   Cho, Hyun Woo ^a   Yoon, Chung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^c Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOUTH KOREA; UNIVERSITY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LABORATORIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VENTILATION;

EID: 79951952768     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.084764     Document Type: Article

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