Comparisons of seasonal fungal prevalence in indoor and outdoor air and in house dusts of dwellings in one Northeast American county

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 560-568

  Ren, Ping ^a   Jankun, Thomas M ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

House dust; Indoor air; Outdoor air; Seasonal fungal prevalence

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HOUSE DUST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONNECTICUT; DUST; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0033397111     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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