Winter time concentrations and size distribution of bioaerosols in different residential settings in the UK

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5613-5622

  Nasir, Zaheer Ahmad ^a,b   Colbeck, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Indoor air quality; Size Distribution

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; ANDERSONS; BIOAEROSOLS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CULTURABLE; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DETACHED HOUSE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HOUSING TYPES; IMPACTORS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LIVING ROOM; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TYPE II; WINTER TIME CONCENTRATIONS;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOAEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUNGUS; HOUSING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84870250601     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1301-7     Document Type: Article

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