Bioaerosol concentrations in the Quad Cities 1 year after the 1993 Mississippi River floods

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-43

  Curtis, L ^a,c   Ross, M ^b   Persky, V ^a   Scheff, P ^a   Wadden, R ^a   Ramakrisnan, V ^a   Hryhorczuk, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Flooding; Fungi; Indoor air quality

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; DISASTER; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEUROSPORA; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0033818079     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X0000900108     Document Type: Article

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