Airborne fungi in urban air of Edirne city (Turkey)

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Asan, Ahmet ^a   Sen, Burhan ^a   Sarica, Suzan ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Edirne (Turkey); Urban air

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011788318     PISSN: 13356372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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