In vitro toxicity of indoor Chaetomium kunze ex fr.

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Piecková, Elena ^a  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chaetomium sp.; Ciliostatic metabolites; Indoor environment; Organ cultures; Respiratory toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTAMINATION; DENMARK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; SLOVAKIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHAETOMIUM; CHICKENS; CILIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TOXICITY TESTS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; CHAETOMIUM; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0038463881     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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