Microbial air quality at Szczawnica sanatorium, Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Fraczek, Krzysztof ^a   Górny, RafaŁ L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air quality; Bacterial and fungal aerosols; Sanatorium; Seasonal variations; Treatment procedures

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMIDITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; ROOM VENTILATION; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960348377     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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