Methods for detection and quantification of airborne legionellae around cooling towers

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-379

  Chang, Ching Wen ^a   Hung, Pei Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAEROSOL MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; CELL COUNT; CULTURABLE; DETECTION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD EVALUATION; FILTER-BASED; FILTER-BASED SAMPLING; GELATIN FILTERS; LEGIONELLA SPP; LEGIONELLAE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING TIME; VIABLE CELLS;

LIQUIDS;

COOLING TOWERS;

AGAR; GELATIN; POLYCARBONATE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING TOWER; FILTER; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84859782710     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.633583     Document Type: Article

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