Comparative testing and evaluation of nine different air samplers: End-to-end sampling efficiencies as specific performance measurements for bioaerosol applications

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-295

  Dybwad, Marius ^a,b   Skogan, Gunnar ^a   Blatny, Janet Martha ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH HAZARDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; VIRUSES;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR; EVALUATION STUDY; FILTRATION SAMPLER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMPACTOR; IMPINGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOCURIA; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; MEASUREMENT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84893088023     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.871501     Document Type: Article

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