Seasonal size distribution of airborne culturable bacteria and fungi and preliminary estimation of their deposition in human lungs during non-haze and haze days

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 203-210

  Gao, Min ^a,c   Jia, Ruizhi ^a,b   Qiu, Tianlei ^a   Han, Meilin ^a   Song, Yuan ^b   Wang, Xuming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF NBC PROTECTION FOR CIVILIAN   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Concentration; Culturable bioaerosols; Haze; Lung deposition; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; FUNGI; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BEIJING; BIOAEROSOLS; COMPUTER-BASED MODELING; HAZE; HUMAN RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG DEPOSITIONS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BACTERIA;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNGUS; HAZE; HEALTH RISK; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTUMN; EXERCISE; HAZE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84939552615     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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