Relationship between mycobiota in wall-to-wall carpet dust and age of carpet

Aerobiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Beguin, Hugues ^a   Nolard, Nicole ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airborne spores; Carpet; Dust; Fungi; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 0033500457     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007637330436     Document Type: Article

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