An indoor bio-contaminants air quality

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Awad, Abdel Hameed A ^a   Farag, S A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Bioaerosol; Indoor; Mold; Streptomycetes

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENICILLIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 0033401499     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129973100     Document Type: Article

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