Bacterial and Fungal Aerosols in Air-Conditioned Office Buildings in Warsaw, Poland—The Winter Season

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-476

  Gołofit Szymczak, Małgorzata ^a   Górny, Rafał L ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; COLD CLIMATE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POLAND;

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; COLD CLIMATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; POLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651269486     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2010.11076861     Document Type: Article

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