The impact of flood and post-flood cleaning on airborne microbiological and particle contamination in residential houses

Environment International

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-17

  He, Congrong ^a   Salonen, Heidi ^a,b   Ling, Xuan ^a   Crilley, Leigh ^a   Jayasundara, Nadeesha ^a   Cheung, Hing Cho ^a   Hargreaves, Megan ^a   Huygens, Flavia ^a   Knibbs, Luke D ^a,c   Ayoko, Godwin A ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Indoor air; Indoor dust; Particle number

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; CLEANING; FUNGI; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION;

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR DUST; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE CONTAMINATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; RESIDENTIAL HOUSE;

FLOODS;

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CLADOSPORIUM; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENICILLIUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR DUST; PARTICLE NUMBER; PM(10);

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLOODS; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899687426     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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