ABSTRACT

This comprehensive handbook provides up-to-date knowledge and practical advice from established authorities in aerosol science. It covers the principles and practices of bioaerosol sampling, descriptions and comparisons of bioaerosol samplers, calibration methods, and assay techniques, with an emphasis on practicalities, such as which sampler to use and where it should be placed. The text also offers critiques concerning handling the samples to provide representative and meaningful assays for their viability, infectivity, and allergenicity. A wide range of microbes-viz., viruses, bacteria, fungi and pollens, and their fragments-are considered from such perspectives.
Bioaerosols Handbook is divided into four parts, providing a wide-ranging reference work, as well as a practical guide on how best to sample and assay bioaerosols using current technology.

part |597 pages

Bioaerosols Handbook

chapter Chapter 1|2 pages

Editors’ Introduction

chapter Chapter 3|11 pages

Physical Aspects of Bioaerosol Particles

chapter Chapter 5|21 pages

Bioaerosol Particle Statistics

chapter Chapter 6|23 pages

Stability of Airborne Microbes and Allergens

chapter Chapter 7|75 pages

Aerosol Generation for Instrument Calibration

chapter Chapter 9|21 pages

Inertial Samplers: Biological Perspectives

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

Non-Inertial Samplers: Biological Perspectives

chapter Chapter 11|32 pages

Modern Microscopic Methods of Bioaerosol Analysis

chapter Chapter 12|18 pages

Chemical Analysis of Bioaerosols

chapter Chapter 16|65 pages

Outdoor Air Sampling Techniques

chapter Chapter 19|15 pages

Industrial Workplaces

chapter Chapter 20|31 pages

Bioaerosols in Animal Houses

chapter Chapter 21|19 pages

Bioaerosols in the Residential Environment