Atmospheric concentrations of Cladosporium spp. and Alternaria spp. spores in Zagreb (Croatia) and effects of some meteorological factors

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Peternel, Renata ^a   Čulig, Josip ^a   Hrga, Ivana ^a  

^a Zagreb Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Alternaria; Cladosporium; Fungal spores; Zagreb (Croatia)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BASIDIOSPORE; BOTRYTIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROATIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIDYMELLA; FUNGUS SPORE; HYPHOMYCETES; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PITHOMYCES; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STEMPHYLIUM; USTILAGO;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPORES; TEMPERATURE;

ALTERNARIA; BOTRYTIS; CLADOSPORIUM; DIDYMELLA; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; PITHOMYCES; STEMPHYLIUM; TORULA; USTILAGO;

EID: 11244260545     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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