Identification, remediation, and monitoring processes used in a mold-contaminated high school

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 409-423

  Wilson, S C ^a   Holder, W H ^b   Easterwood, K V ^b   Hubbard, G D ^b   Johnson, R F ^b   Cooley, J D ^c   Straus, D C ^a  

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

^b Assured Indoor Air Quality LP   (United States)

^c Aerobiology Res and Analyt Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOULD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAMPLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 4444277649     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(04)55016-5     Document Type: Article

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