Continually measured fungal profiles in sick building syndrome

Current Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-36

  McGrath, James J ^a   Wong, Wing C ^b   Cooley, J Danny ^b   Straus, David C ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALTERNARIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032929971     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006768     Document Type: Article

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