Comparison of mold concentrations quantified by MSQPCR in indoor and outdoor air sampled simultaneously

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Meklin, Teija ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^b   McKinstry, Craig ^c   Cho, Seung Hyun ^b   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^b   Nevalainen, Aino ^a   Vepsäläinen, Asko ^a   Haugland, Richard A ^d   LeMasters, Grace ^b   Vesper, Stephen J ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Mold; Mold specific quantitative PCR; Outdoor air

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI;

INDOOR AIR; MOLD SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE PCR; OUTDOOR AIR;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACREMONIUM; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOULD; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGILLUS PENICILLIOIDES; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA;

EID: 34250188492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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