Indoor air mycoflora of residential dwellings in jos metropolis

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-176

  Ayanbimpe, G M ^a   Wapwera, S D ^a   Kuchin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

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AGAR;

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHAETOMIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RHIZOPUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STACHYBOTRYS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78049460801     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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