Correlation between the prevalence of certain fungi and sick building syndrome

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Cooley, J Danny ^a   Wong, Wing C ^a   Jumper, Cynthia A ^a   Straus, David C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Indoor air quality; Sick building syndrome; Spores

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HYPHOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ATRA; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS ATRA;

EID: 0031828466     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.9.579     Document Type: Article

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