Changes in profiles of airborne fungi in flooded homes in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1677-1682

  Hsu, Nai Yun ^a   Chen, Pei Yu ^a   Chang, Hsin Wen ^a   Su, Huey Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Aspergillus; Flooded homes; I O ratio; Taiwan; Typhoon Morakot

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGI; FLOODED HOMES; I/O RATIO; TAIWAN; TYPHOON MORAKOT;

ASPERGILLUS; FLOOD CONTROL;

HURRICANES;

RAIN;

AIR; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FUNGUS; TYPHOON;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HURRICANE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAIWAN; TYPHOON MORAKOT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATMOSPHERE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; FUNGI; SPORES, FUNGAL; TAIWAN;

TAINAN; TAIWAN;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 79952006390     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.042     Document Type: Article

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