Fungal flora in indoor and outdoor air of different residential houses in Tekirdag City (Turkey): Seasonal distribution and relationship with climatic factors

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 209-219

  Sen, Burhan ^a   Asan, Ahmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Airspora; Biomass; I O ratio; Indoor air; Microfungi; Mycoflora; Outdoor air; Urban air

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGI; AIRSPORA; I/O RATIO; INDOOR AIR; MICROFUNGI; MYCOFLORA; OUTDOOR AIR; URBAN AIR;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FUNGI;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLORA; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; CLIMATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TEKIRDAG; TURKEY;

EID: 62149149956     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0262-1     Document Type: Article

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