Human Occupancy as a Source of Indoor Airborne Bacteria
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Summary
The high content of bacteria specific to the skin, nostrils, and hair of humans found in indoor air and in floor dust indicates that floors are an important reservoir of human-associated bacteria, and that the direct particle shedding of desquamated skin cells and their subsequent resuspension strongly influenced the airborne bacteria population structure in this human-occupied environment.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2012-04-18
- Cited by
- 521
- References
- 61
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Bacteria, Aerosol, Environmental science, Occupancy, Indoor air
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