Assessment of mold concentrations in Singapore shopping centers using mold-specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR) analysis

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-293

  Yap, Jennifer ^a   Toh, Zhen Ann ^a   Goh, Vivien ^a   Ng, Lee Chen ^a   Vesper, Stephen ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mold; MSQPCR; Shopping centers; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350157254     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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