Profiles and seasonal distribution of airborne fungi in indoor and outdoor environments at a French hospital

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3766-3771

  Sautour, Marc ^a   Sixt, Nathalie ^a   Dalle, Frédéric ^a,b   L'Ollivier, Coralie ^a,b   Fourquenet, Vitalie ^a   Calinon, Céline ^a   Paul, Kusum ^a   Valvin, Stéphanie ^a   Maurel, Alix ^a   Aho, Serge ^a   Couillault, Gérard ^c   Cachia, Claire ^b   Vagner, Odile ^a   Cuisenier, Bernadette ^a   Caillot, Denis ^c   Bonnin, Alain ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Medical University of Dijon   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Aspergillus; Haematology units; Hospital; Outdoor and indoor air; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGI; ASPERGILLUS; HAEMATOLOGY UNITS; OUTDOOR AND INDOOR AIR; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

HOSPITALS; SURVEYS;

FUNGI;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUNGUS; HOMOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTUMN; BJERKANDERA; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRANCE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GENUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FUNGI; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BJERKANDERA; BJERKANDERA ADUSTA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 65049087879     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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