Generation and Characterization of Indoor Fungal Aerosols for Inhalation Studies.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on April 04, 2016

Authors

Anne Mette Madsen1, Søren T Larsen2, Ismo K Koponen2, Kirsten I Kling2, Afnan Barooni2, Dorina Gabriela Karottki3, Kira Tendal2, Peder Wolkoff2

Author Affiliations

1: The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark amm@nrcwe.dk.
2: The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
3: Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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