Assessment of airborne bacteria and noroviruses in air emission from a new highly-advanced hospital wastewater treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2017, Pages 110-119

  Uhrbrand, K ^a,b   Schultz, A C ^b   Koivisto, A J ^a   Nielsen, U ^c   Madsen, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Bioaerosols; Microbial diversity; Norovirus; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; GENES; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AIR EMISSIONS; AIR EXHAUST; AIR SAMPLING; BIOAEROSOLS; EXHAUST AIR; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NOROVIRUSES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WORKERS';

HEALTH RISKS;

ENDOTOXIN; EXHAUST GAS; WASTE WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VENTILATION; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AIR; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HOSPITAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOROVIRUS; STREPTOMYCES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; NOROVIRUS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 85010910567     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.046     Document Type: Article

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