Survey of fungal contamination in ordinary houses in Japan

Allergology International

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-377

  Ara, Katsutoshi ^a   Aihara, Maid ^c   Ojima, Miyuki ^a   Toshima, Yasuhiko ^a   Yabune, Chiaki ^d   Tokuda, Hajime ^a   Kawai, Syuji ^a   Ueda, Nobuc ^b   Tanaka, Tatsuaki ^d   Akiyama, Kazuo ^e   Takatori, Kosuke ^c  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal map; Fungi; Indoor environment; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BATH; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOME; JAPAN; KITCHEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; YEAST;

EID: 19944366598     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1592.2004.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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