Possible cause of allergy for the librarians: Books manipulation and ventilation as sources of fungus spores spreading

Aerobiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Apetrei, Ingrid Cezara ^a   Drǎgǎnescu, Gilda Eleonora ^a   Popescu, Ilinca Teodora ^d   Carp Cǎrare, Cǎtǎlin ^a   Guguianu, Eleonora ^a   Mihǎescu, Traian ^b   Ştefanache, Alina ^b   Creţu, Carmen ^a   Patraş, Xenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PETROSANI   (Romania)

^d Department of Allergology   (Romania)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergy; Fungi; Librarians; Paper; Ventilation sources

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASTHMA; CHAETOMIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; WOOD; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 69049105539     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9121-y     Document Type: Article

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