Performance of two fluorescence-based real-time bioaerosol detectors: Bioscout vs. UVAPS

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-378

  Saari, S ^a   Reponen, T ^b,c   Keskinen, J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; BIOAEROSOL DETECTOR; EXCITATION SOURCES; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL AEROSOLS; REAL-TIME DETECTION; ULTRAVIOLET AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZERS;

AEROSOLS; FUNGI; INSTRUMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FLUORESCENCE;

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL DETECTOR; COENZYME; DIODE LASER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FUNGUS SPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER;

EID: 84896833659     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.877579     Document Type: Article

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