Vacuum cleaner emissions as a source of indoor exposure to airborne particles and bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 534-542

  Knibbs, Luke D ^a   He, Congrong ^a   Duchaine, Caroline ^b   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; DETERMINANT FACTORS; EMISSION RATES; INDOOR EXPOSURE; LARGE GROUPS; NON-BIOLOGICAL AEROSOLS; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; ULTRAFINE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; VACUUM; VACUUM CLEANERS;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM CLEANER EMISSION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; DUST; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855302813     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202946w     Document Type: Article

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