Myrothecium: A new indoor contaminant?

Aerobiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-234

  Levetin, Estelle ^a   Shaughnessy, Richard ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal spores; Indoor air; Mycotoxins; Myrothecium

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MYROTHECIUM; MYROTHECIUM CINCTUM;

EID: 0031417643     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694490     Document Type: Article

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