Culturable airborne fungi in outdoor environments in Beijing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 350, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 47-58

  Fang, Zhiguo ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Hu, Lifeng ^b   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Lin, Xueqiang ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Bioaerosol; Culturable airborne fungi; Size distribution pattern

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUNGI; HEALTH; SAMPLING;

AEROBIOLOGY; BIOAEROSOL; CULTURABLE AIRBORNE FUNGI; SIZE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; FUNGUS; HEALTH IMPACT; SPORE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTUMN; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; PLANTS; SEASONS;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 26844555822     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.032     Document Type: Article

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