Comparison of culturable airborne bacteria and related environmental factors at underground subway stations between 2006 and 2013

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-293

  Hwang, Sung Ho ^a   Park, Jae Bum ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culturable airborne bacteria; Environmental factors; Gram negative bacteria; Passengers; Underground subway stations

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SUBWAY STATIONS;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PASSENGERS; UNDERGROUND SUBWAY STATIONS;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; VENTILATION;

ACINETOBACTER; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMIDITY; KOCURIA ROSEA; KOREA; MICROCOCCUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TEMPERATURE;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84890596143     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.064     Document Type: Article

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