Comparative performance of two air samplers for monitoring airborne fungal propagules

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 613-616

  Tavora L G F ^a   Gambale, W ^a   Heins Vaccari, E M ^a   Arriagada, G L H ^a   Lacaz, C S ^a   Santos, C R ^a   Levin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air sampler; Andersen sampler; Fungal contamination; Hospital air; Indoor air; Reuter centrifugal sampler

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENUS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENICILLIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0038618680     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000500008     Document Type: Article

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