Airborne fungal spores in a sawmill environment in Palakkad District, Kerala, India

Aerobiologia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Jothish, Padmanabhan S ^a   Nayar, Themath Soman ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Airspora; Fungal spores; India; Palakkad in Kerala; Sawmill

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GANODERMA; INDIA; NIGROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; GANODERMA; NIGROSPORA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 3442890546     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000022981.70984.b7     Document Type: Article

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