Studies on airborne fungal spores from two indoor cowsheds of suburban and rural areas of West Bengal, India

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Adhikari, Atin ^a   Sen, Moon Moon ^a   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^a   Chanda, Sunirmal ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Airborne fungi; Cowshed; Occupational health; Respiratory allergy Fungal spores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIDITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; NIGROSPORA; PENICILLIUM; PERICONIA;

EID: 0032715644     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024645     Document Type: Article

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