Airborne fungi and bacteria in indoor and outdoor environment of the Pediatric Unit of Edirne Government Hospital

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1739-1751

  Okten, Suzan ^a   Asan, Ahmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Airborne fungi; Allergen; Biomass; Hospital hygiene; Hospital indoor air; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE FUNGI; ALLERGEN; BACTERIAL COLONIES; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GRAM-STAINING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; FUNGI; PEDIATRICS;

HOSPITALS;

AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; BIOMASS; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYGIENE; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ACREMONIUM; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRECHSLERA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROCOCCUS; MICROMYCETE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PHOMA GLOMERATE; ROTHIA; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ULOCLADIUM; VERTICILLIUM;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; SEASONS;

EDIRNE; TURKEY;

ALTERNARIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857371063     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2075-x     Document Type: Article

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