Growth response of Stachybotrys chartarum to moisture variation on common building materials

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Menetrez, M Y ^a,c   Foarde, K K ^b   Webber, T D ^b   Betancourt, D ^a   Dean, T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontaminants; Gypsum; Humidity; Mould growth; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; MYCOTOXIN;

ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMIDITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MOISTURE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; WET DEPOSITION;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 3042549226     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X04043979     Document Type: Article

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