Impact of Middle Eastern dust storms on indoor and outdoor composition of bioaerosol

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-143

  Soleimani, Zahra ^a   Goudarzi, Gholamreza ^b   Sorooshian, Armin ^c,d   Marzouni, Mohammad Bagherian ^e   Maleki, Heidar ^f  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^f SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Bacteria; Bioaerosol; Dust; Indoor air quality; Iran

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIOLOGY; DUST; FUNGI; HOSPITALS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STORMS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOAEROSOLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR/OUTDOOR RATIOS; IRAN;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DUST STORM; EMISSION; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; DUST; DUST STORM; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; IRAN; MICROCOCCUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

AHWAZ; IRAN; KHUZESTAN;

FUNGI; MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84968813000     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.023     Document Type: Article

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