Urban enhancement of PM10 bioaerosol tracers relative to background locations in the Midwestern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 5071-5089

  Rathnayake, Chathurika M ^a   Metwali, Nervana ^b   Baker, Zach ^a   Jayarathne, Thilina ^a   Kostle, Pamela A ^c   Thorne, Peter S ^b,d   O’Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^b,d   Stone, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPORE; TOXIN; URBAN SITE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84969785066     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024538     Document Type: Article

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