Corrigendum to: Determinants, reproducibility, and seasonal variation of ergosterol levels in house dust (Indoor Air, (2014), 24, 3, (248-259), 10.1111/ina.12078);Determinants, reproducibility, and seasonal variation of ergosterol levels in house dust

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-259

  Leppanen H K ^a   Nevalainen, A ^a   Vepsalainen A ^a   Roponen, M ^b   Taubel M ^a   Laine, O ^c   Rantakokko, P ^a   von Mutius, E ^d   Pekkanen, J ^a   Hyvarinen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Determinants; Ergosterol; Exposure; House dust; Reproducibility; Viable fungi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DUST; FARMS; FLOORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DETERMINANT; DUST SAMPLES; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL CONCENTRATION; EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIABLE FUNGUS;

FUNGI;

FUNGI;

DUST; ERGOSTEROL;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DUST; FUNGUS; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

DUST; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGI; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899623475     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12650     Document Type: Erratum

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