Prevalence of culturable airborne spores of selected allergenic and pathogenic fungi in outdoor air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4355-4368

  O'Gorman, Céline M ^a   Fuller, Hubert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergenic fungi; Dublin; Fungal spores; Human pathogens; Seasonal variation; Urban air

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS;

ALLERGENIC FUNGI; FUNGAL SPORES; HUMAN PATHOGENS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FUNGI;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METEOROLOGY; PATHOGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPORE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMIDITY; IRELAND; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 43849091480     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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