Biological Particle Sampling

Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 549-570

  Reponen, Tiina ^a   Willeke, Klaus ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey ^a   Nevalainen, Aino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol collection principles sampling, particle trajectory from air streamline trajectory; Bioaerosol sources indoor bioaerosol particles, originating outdoors; Biological particle sampling bioaerosols, particles of variable biological origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955243695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001684.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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