Fungal aerobiology: Exposure and measurement

Chemical Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2002, Pages 10-27

  Levetin, Estelle ^a   Horner, W Elliott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR SAMPLING; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; GANODERMA; GENE PROBE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MYCOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036279430     PISSN: 10150145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058872     Document Type: Review

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