Fungal fragments as indoor air biocontaminants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3522-3531

  Górny, Rafał L ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Willeke, Klaus ^a   Schmechel, Detlef ^a   Robine, Enric ^a   Boissier, Marjorie ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ANTIBODIES; ASSAYS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOCONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AEROBIOLOGY; AIR QUALITY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS SPORE; MOULD; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MELINII; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLUS; IMMUNITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MELINII;

EID: 0036301041     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3522-3531.2002     Document Type: Article

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