Mold contamination and air handling units

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 483-491

  Wilson, Stephen C ^a   Palmatier, Robert N ^b   Andriychuk, Larysa A ^a   Martin, Jared M ^a   Jumper, Cynthia A ^a   Holder, Homer W ^a   Straus, David C ^a  

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

^b Assured Indoor Air Quality LP   (United States)

Author keywords

AHU; Air handling unit; Fungi; HVAC; Mold; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; SPORES, FUNGAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 34547572403     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701389909     Document Type: Article

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