Opportunistic pathogenic fungi of the house dust in Turubah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Al Humiany, A A ^a  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fungi; House dust; KSA; Turubah

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951265933     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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