Research Article

Microbial Air Quality in Neighborhoods near Landfill Sites: Implications for Public Health

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of bacterial and fungal concentrations at the landfill sites.

Location/siteBacteria (ACGIH limit 100 CFU/m3)Fungi (WHO limit 500 CFU/m3)
Mean  SEMinMaxSDMean  SEMinMaxSD

A222.47  4.12120.31962.39120.15  2.719020040.98
B525.21  10.81300703163.3571.18  1.62239024.47
C412.99  7.94300611119.95150.57  1.9712020029.77
D631.41  4.7850870072.2037.14  2.2569934.10
E235.14  5.1310833277.463.22  0.11161.71
F418.38  8.17232548123.4692.86  4.453020067.14