Microbial growth in indoor environments

Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments: Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 57-144

  Flannigan, Brian ^a   Miller, J David ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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