Assessment of airborne bacteria and fungi in food courts

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2081-2087

  Rajasekar, A ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airborne microbes; Bacteria; Bioaerosols; Fungi; Indoor air quality; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE MICROBE; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BIOAEROSOLS; CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURABLE; FOOD COURT; FUNGAL GENERA; FUNGAL SPORES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; KEY FACTORS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SINGAPORE;

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACTERIOLOGY; FUNGI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; MICROORGANISM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPORE;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79956343841     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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