Fungal spores: Hazardous to health?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 469-472

  Sorenson, W G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Lung disease; Mold; Mycotoxin; Toxic pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CANCER; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

EID: 0032811351     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s3469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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