Airborne Mould Levels and Related Environmental Factors in Australian Houses

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 148-154

  Godish, Diana ^a   Godish, Thad ^a   Hooper, Bev ^b   Hooper, Martin ^b   Cole, Mary ^c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Mould houses; Risk factors australia

Indexed keywords

VICTORIA;

EID: 0000590534     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9600500305     Document Type: Article

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