A year-round aeromycological study in Zagreb area, Croatia

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  Klarić, Maja Šegvić ^a   Pepeljnjak, Stjepan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Airspores; Alternaria; Cladosporium; Penicillium; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROATIA; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CITIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMIDITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE; WIND; YEASTS;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 33746397096     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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