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Assessing Total Fungal Concentrations on Commercial Passenger Aircraft Using Mixed-Effects Modeling

Lauralynn Taylor McKernan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Misty J. Hein Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Kenneth M. Wallingford Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Harriet Burge Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Robert Herrick Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Pages 48-58 | Published online: 04 Dec 2007

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