Evaluation of three portable samplers for monitoring airborne fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1835-1838

  Mehta, Satish K ^a,c   Mishra, S K ^b   Pierson, Duane L ^a,b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

AIRBORNE FUNGI; SAMPLER;

EID: 0029662665     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1835-1838.1996     Document Type: Article

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