Interactions between domestic mites and fungi

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Van Asselt, Laurent ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acarus siro; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Fungi; Mites; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; STEROL; VITAMIN;

ASTHMA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS; HUMIDITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS;

ACARI; ACARUS SIRO; ARACHNIDA; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SIRO; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 0032734615     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024644     Document Type: Review

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