The dustfall collector - A simple passive tool for long-term collection of airborne dust: A project under the Danish Mould in Buildings program (DAMIB)

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Wurtz H ^a   Sigsgaard, T ^b   Valbjorn O ^c   Doekes, G ^d   Meyer, H W ^a,e  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Danish Building and Urban Research ^*  (Denmark)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Dustfall collector; Exposure assessment; Floor dust; Fungi; (1 3)Glucan

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUST; FUNGUS CULTURE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FUNGI;

EID: 20444430882     PISSN: 09085920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00342.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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