Identification of an organism associated with mushroom worker’s lung

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-195

  Moore, John E ^a   Xu, Jiru ^a   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Elborn, J Stuart ^a,b   Rao, J R ^c  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; DNA; GENES;

MUSHROOM WORKER'S LUNG (MWL); SACCHAROMONOSPORA VIRIDIS;

FUNGI;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMONOSPORA; SACCHAROMONOSPORA VIRIDIS;

EID: 3142755688     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2004.10702180     Document Type: Article

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