Indoor and outdoor atmospheric fungal spores in the São Paulo metropolitan area (Brazil): Species and numeric concentrations

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-355

  Gonçalves, Fábio Luiz Teixeira ^a   Bauer, Heidi ^b   Cardoso, Maria Regina Alves ^a   Pukinskas, Sandra ^c   Matos, Dulcilena ^c   Melhem, Márcia ^c   Puxbaum, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal spores; Indoor and outdoor air in Brazil; Sampling technique; Season variability

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77954214801     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0284-6     Document Type: Article

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