Increased levels of ambient fungal spores in Taiwan are associated with dust events from China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 4879-4886

  Wu, Pei Chih ^a   Tsai, Jui Chen ^a   Li, Fang Chun ^a   Lung, Shih Chun ^b   Su, Huey Jen ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Fungal spores; Yellow sandstorm

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL COMPOSITION; FUNGAL SPORES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DUST; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FUNGI;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; DISPERSION; DUST STORM; FUNGUS; SPORE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CURVULARIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUST (PLANT DISEASE); SAMPLING; TAIWAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ARTHRINIUM; ASPERGILLUS; CERCOSPORA; CURVULARIA; FUNGI; NIGROSPORA; PENICILLIUM; PITHOMYCES; STEMPHYLIUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 4043153518     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.039     Document Type: Article

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