Usefulness of using three different culture media for mold recovery in exposure assessment studies

Aerobiologia

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b   Mériaux, Anne ^b   Comtois, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIAL FLORA; COLONY FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036765802     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021369530275     Document Type: Article

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