Human exposure to airborne fungi from genera used as biocontrol agents in plant production

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-24

  Madsen, Anne Mette ^a   Hansen, Vinni Mona ^a   Meyling, Nicolai Vitt ^b   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergy; Beauveria; Indoor air; Lecanicillium; Occupational health; Paecilomyces; Trichoderma; Ulocladium; Verticillium

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LECANICILLIUM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PLANT BREEDING; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; TRICHODERMA POLYSPORUM; TRICHODERMA REESEI; ULOCLADIUM; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM LECANII;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; LECANICILLIUM; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; ULOCLADIUM; ULOCLADIUM ATRUM;

EID: 34447135519     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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