Real-time PCR detection of toxigenic Fusarium in airborne and settled grain dust and associations with trichothecene mycotoxins

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1235-1241

  Halstensen, Anne Straumfors ^a,b   Nordby, Karl Christian ^a   Eduard, Wijnand ^a   Klemsdal, Sonja Sletner ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUSARIUM; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; CEREALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOTHECENES;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM LANGSETHIAE;

EID: 33751564874     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b609840a     Document Type: Article

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