Microorganisms associated particulate matter: A preliminary study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 479-480, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-116

  Alghamdi, Mansour A ^a   Shamy, Magdy ^a   Redal, Maria Ana ^b   Khoder, Mamdouh ^a   Awad, Abdel Hameed ^c   Elserougy, Safaa ^d  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid; Microorganisms associated PM; O3; PM10; PM2.5; Survivability

Indexed keywords

ARID; MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED PM; O(3); PM(10); PM(2.5); SURVIVABILITY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAUDI ARABIA; WIND;

EID: 84894048199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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