Fungal contamination of bedding

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-142

  Woodcock, A A ^a   Steel, N ^b   Moore, C B ^b   Howard, S J ^b   Custovic, A ^a   Denning, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brevicaulis; Cladosporium; flavus; Penicillium; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 32644454024     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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