Microbial environmental monitoring of the refectory in the monastery of St. Anna in Foligno, Italy

Aerobiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-209

  Pitzurra, Lucia ^a   Bellezza, Teresa ^b   Giammarioli, Monica ^a   Giraldi, Monica ^a   Sbaraglia, Giovanni ^a   Spera, Gennaro ^c   Bistoni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Lab of Analysis and Restoration   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Frescos; MAM; Microbial environmental monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032722302     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007667213499     Document Type: Article

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