Prevalence of fungi in indoor air with reference to gymnasiums with swimming pools

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Viegas, Carla ^a   Alves, Célia ^b   Carolino, Elisabete ^a   Rosado, Laura ^b   Silva Santos, Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Fungal contamination; Gymnasiums; Humidity; Swimming; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS UNIGUTTULATTUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SPORT; SWIMMING POOL; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON MUCOIDES; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS SP.; CHRYSONILIA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM SP.; PHOMA; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); TRICHOSPORON MUCOIDES;

EID: 78751535803     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X10380120     Document Type: Article

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