Indoor Airborne Fungi as Important Occupational Sensitisers in Poultry Workers

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 138-147

  Singh, A B ^a   Singh, Alka ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Allergy; Occupational sensitizers; Poultry; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA SITOPHILA; PENICILLIUM JANCZEWSKII; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 0006118491     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9600500304     Document Type: Article

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