Airborne fungal spores in a cross-sectional study of office buildings

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 379-389

  MacIntosh, David L ^a   Brightman, Howard S ^a   Baker, Brian J ^a   Myatt, Theodore A ^a   Stewart, James H ^a   McCarthy, John F ^a  

^a Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

BASE; Indoor quality; Mold; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS SPORE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASON; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASONS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPORES, FUNGAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049175657     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600760438     Document Type: Article

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