Seasonal evaluation of bioaerosols from indoor air of residential apartments within the metropolitan area in South Korea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2111-2120

  Moon, Kyong Whan ^a   Huh, Eun Hae ^a   Jeong, Ho Chul ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b GS Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Apartments' indoor air; Bioaerosols; Methicillin resistant S. aureus; Seasonal influence; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; APARTMENT HOUSES; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRUS; BIOAEROSOLS; INDOOR AIR; S. AUREUS; SEASONAL INFLUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA;

ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; METROPOLITAN AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIN; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AIRBORNE VIRUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

SOUTH KOREA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; FUNGI; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POSIBACTERIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS;

EID: 84895803170     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3521-8     Document Type: Article

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