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Kovbasyuk I.E., Antonov E.A., Vasiliev P.B. Investigation of the scattering of laser radiation by microscopic fungal spores to control microbiological contamination in confined inhabited objects. Almanac of Modern Metrology. 2026; 46 (2): 149–167.

Financing

The work was carried out with the support of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” within the scientific research and development Research of the Processes of Generation and Distribution of Aerosol Contamination in the Air Environment of Hermetically Inhabited Objects.

Contribution of the authors

I.E. Kovbasyuk: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, writing the article. E.A. Antonov: methodology, preparation of samples of micromycete cultures. P.B. Vasiliev: measurements, collection, processing and statistical analysis of data.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no potential conflict of interest in relation to the study in this article.

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