Pilot study of sources and concentrations of size-resolved airborne particles in a neonatal intensive care unit

Building and Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-19

  Bhangar, Seema ^a   Brooks, Brandon ^b   Firek, Brian ^c   Licina, Dusan ^a   Tang, Xiaochen ^a   Morowitz, Michael J ^c,d   Banfield, Jillian F ^b   Nazaroff, William W ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Human activities; Incubator; Indoor air quality; NICU environment; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INCUBATOR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NICU ENVIRONMENT;

PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974707239     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.06.020     Document Type: Article

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