A new method for assessing the contribution of Primary Biological Atmospheric Particles to the mass concentration of the atmospheric aerosol

Environment International

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-115

  Perrino, Cinzia ^a   Marcovecchio, Francesca ^a  

^a CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Epifluorescence microscopy; Mass closure; Particulate matter; Propidium iodide; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOAEROSOLS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MASS CLOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLITEF; POLYCARBONATE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODIDE; MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; DETRITUS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FILTER; FUNGUS SPORE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; PRIMARY BIOLOGIC ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ITALY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROME;

EID: 84949057964     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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