Mycotoxins of aspergilli; exposure and health effects

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Reijula, Kari ^a,b   Tuomi, Tapani ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Reg Inst of Occup Hlth/Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Inahalation Exposure; Moisture Problems; Mycotoxin; Review

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ASPERGILLUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; EXPOSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MYCOTOXINS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 3042777780     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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