Life comes from the air: A short review on bioaerosol control

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 921-927

  Lee, Byung Uk ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hybrid filtration; Ion; Silver nanoparticle; Thermal energy; Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; BIOAEROSOLS; CONTAGIOUS DISEASE; CONTROL METHODS; INFLUENZA A; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; IONS; SILVER; THERMAL ENERGY; VIRUSES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FILTRATION; ION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SILVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

EID: 84863115708     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.06.0081     Document Type: Review

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