Bioaerosol samders

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 723-728

  Machei, Janet M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030684102     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10387754     Document Type: Article

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