Characteristics of indoor and outdoor airborne fungi at suburban and urban homes in two seasons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 111-118

  Pei Chih, Wu ^a   Huey Jen, Su ^a   Chia Yin, Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fungal exposure; Season; Suburban; Taiwan; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CITY; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASON; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FUNGI; HOUSING; SEASONS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0034657676     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00423-X     Document Type: Article

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