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Document ID (ISN)109040
CIS number 09-200
ISSN - Serial title 1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Year 2008
Convention or series no.
Author(s) McKernan L.T., Hein M.J., Wallingford K.M., Burge H., Herrick R.
Title Assessing total fungal concentrations on commercial passenger aircraft using mixed-effects modeling
Bibliographic information Jan. 2008, Vol.5, No.1, p.48-58. Illus. 22 ref.
Abstract The primary objective of this study was to compare airborne fungal concentrations onboard commercial passenger aircraft at various in-flight times with concentrations measured inside and outside airport terminals. Culturable and total spore samples were collected on twelve wide-body commercial passenger aircraft during various stages of the flight. Comparison samples were collected inside and outside origin and destination airport terminals. Overall, both total culturable and total spore fungal concentrations were low while the aircraft were in flight. Both culturable and total spore concentrations were significantly higher outside the airport terminal compared with inside the airport terminal and inside the aircraft. On the aircraft, most exposures occurred during the boarding and deplaning processes, when the aircraft utilized ancillary ventilation and passenger activity was at its peak.
Descriptors (primary) fungi; air transport; exposure evaluation; aircraft
Descriptors (secondary) spores; mathematical models; determination in air; statistical evaluation
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Transport and communications
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Air transportation
Exposure evaluation