Sampling for indoor fungi: What the clinician needs to know

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Portnoy, Jay M ^a   Kennedy, Kevin ^a   Barnes, Charles ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Indoor fungi; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ERGOSTEROL; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MYCOTOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; MOULD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FUNGI; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 19644380898     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000162372.73378.10     Document Type: Review

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