Indoor and outdoor airborne fungal propagule concentrations in México City

Aerobiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Rosas, Irma ^a   Calderón, Carmen ^a   Martínez, Leticia ^a   Ulloa, Miguel ^b   Lacey, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Fungal propagules; Indoor; Mexico City

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; HOME; MEXICO; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEASON;

CLADOSPORIUM; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOGRISEUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0030992138     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694787     Document Type: Article

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