Culturability and toxicity of sick building syndrome-related fungi over time

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 500-504

  Wilson, Stephen C ^a   Carriker, Curtis G ^a   Brasel, Trevor L ^a   Karunasena, Enusha ^a   Douglas, David R ^a   Wu, Chunfa ^a   Andriychuk, Larysa A ^a   Fogle, Matthew R ^a   Martin, Jared M ^a   Straus, David C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetomium; Culturability; Penicillium; Stachybotrys; Time; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAETOMIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIDITY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STORAGE; TOXICITY;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MYCOLOGY; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STACHYBOTRYS;

EID: 3242713989     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490467945     Document Type: Article

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