A study of air microbe levels in different areas of a hospital

Current Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Ortiz, Ginés ^a   Yagüe, Genoveva ^b   Segovia, Manuel ^b   Catalán, Vicente ^a  

^a LABAQUA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; MATERNITY WARD; MOULD; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; FUNGI; HOSPITALS; SEASONS;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 67349187898     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9398-7     Document Type: Article

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