Exposure to indoor fungi in different working environments: A comparative study

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-337

  Sharma, Dhruba ^c   Dutta, B K ^a   Singh, A B ^b  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Colony forming unit; FCI; HPC; Indoor air; SMC

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BAKERY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPER INDUSTRY; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOVIRENS; PENICILLIUM THOMII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOVIRENS; PENICILLIUM THOMII;

EID: 78149467893     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9168-9     Document Type: Article

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