Exposure to airborne fungi and bacteria in Brisbane houses after the 2011 flood

10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 1913-1914

  Salonen, Heidi ^a,b   He, Congrong ^a   Ling, Xuan ^a   Jayasundara, Nadeesha ^a   Cheung, Joe ^a   Huygens, Flavia ^a   Hargreaves, Megan ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonies; Concentration; Fungal colonies; Moisture damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883331493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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