A survey of acarofauna in Turkey: Comparison of seven different geographic regions

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-190

  Kalpaklioǧlu, A Füsun ^a,c   Emekçi, Mevlüt ^b   Ferizli, Ahmet ^b   Misirligil, Zeynep ^b  

^a Allergy Pulmonary Center   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; DUST; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY;

EID: 3142709506     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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