Inhalable microorganisms in Beijing's PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants during a severe smog event

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1499-1507

  Cao, Chen ^a,b,c   Jiang, Wenjun ^a,b   Wang, Buying ^a,d   Fang, Jianhuo ^a   Lang, Jidong ^a   Tian, Geng ^a   Jiang, Jingkun ^a,d   Zhu, Ting F ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; SMOG;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOG; STANDARDS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOG;

EID: 84893535422     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4048472     Document Type: Article

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