Microscopic fungi in dwellings and their health implications in humans

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Piecková, Elena ^a   Jesenská, Zdenka ^a  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Aspergillus; Cladosporium; Dwellings; Fungi; Fusarium; Penicillium; Stac hybotrys; Wallemia

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FUMIGACLAVIN; GLUCAN; MYCOTOXIN; SPINULOSIN; TENUAZONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERRUCULOGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ASPERGILLUS; BACKACHE; BRONCHITIS; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; EYE IRRITATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PENICILLIUM; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALLERGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGI; GLUCANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MYCOSES; MYCOTOXINS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0033047816     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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