Seasonal fine and coarse culturable fungal constituents and concentrations from indoor and outdoor air samples taken from an arid environment

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 511-518

  Mota, Linda C ^a   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a   Green, Christopher F ^b   Flores, Carissa M ^a   Tarwater, Patrick M ^a   Ortiz, Melchor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air samples; Aspergillus; Bioaerosol; Cladosporium; Fungi

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 45849109988     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802208636     Document Type: Article

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