The average value of TIP in the 27 samples was
49.6 TIP m2 day1, ranging from 28 to 66.9 TIP m2 day1. Both
uni- and multivariate analyses showed significantly lower TIP
during winter season compared to spring (p 0.01 in both associations)
(Table 5). Additionally, the TIP was positively and significantly
correlated with fungi concentrations (Pearson coefficient
r ¼ 0.33, p ¼ 0.04) which is in accordance with [57]; who suggests
that fungi concentration plays an important role in ability of settled
dust to induce ROS.