Spatiotemporal distribution of airborne mould spores in apartments

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1361-1371

  Herbarth, Olf ^a   Schlink, Uwe ^a   Müller, Andrea ^a   Richter, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPORE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; MUCORALES; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 1242344671     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203008566     Document Type: Article

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