NAGase activity in airborne biomass dust and relationship between NAGase concentrations and fungal spores

Aerobiologia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-105

  Madsen, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Bioaerosols; Biomass; CFU of fungi; Chitinase; Fungal spores; NAGase; Quantification of fungi; Straw; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; POLITEF; POLYCARBONATE;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FILTER; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

FUNGI;

EID: 0038035108     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024401523656     Document Type: Article

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