Characteristics of bacterial and fungal aerosols during the autumn haze days in Xi'an, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 439-447

  Li, Yanpeng ^a,b   Fu, Honglei ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Liu, Jun ^b   Meng, Qinglong ^b   Wang, Wenke ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Concentration; Haze; Impactor sampler; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUNGI; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BACTERIAL AEROSOLS; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HAZE; IMPACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; HAZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; HAZE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEISSERIA;

EID: 84944046725     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.070     Document Type: Article

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