MICROBIOLOGICAL INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SUBTROPICAL AREAS
Resource
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL v.19 pp.233-239
Journal
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Journal Volume
v.19
Pages
233-239
Date Issued
1993
Date
1993
Author(s)
LI, CHIH-SHAN
KUO, YU-MEI
Abstract
In Taiwan, a subtropical country, bioaerosols are regarded to be quick to grow, because of high relative humidity and high temperature all year around. Field investigations of microbiological indoor air quality were performed in six apartments in the Taipei area. Two-stage Andersen viable impactors were used to determine the concentration, genus, and respirable fraction of fungi indoors and outdoors. The fungi characteristics in living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoors were compared. The concentrations of indoor and outdoor fungi in different locations of the six apartments were found to vary widely. The geomentric mean concentrations of indoor and outdoor fungi were higher than 1000 CFU m . Moreover, more than 80﹪ of indoor and outdoor fungi were observed to be respirable. In addition, the ratios of indoor to outdoor fungi concentrations were too low to indicate the presence of any indoor fungi sources. In some homes, the concentrations of the asthma-related fungi genus, Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Cladosporium, were found to exceed 500 CFU m . #B0293018
Subjects
生物氣膠
室內空氣品質
亞熱帶地區
環境衛生
BIOAEROSOL
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
SUBTROPICAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SDGs
Type
journal article