Airborne and allergenic fungal spores of the Karachi environment and their correlation with meteorological factors

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1006-1013

  Hasnain, Syed M ^a   Akhter, Tasneem ^b   Waqar, Muhammad A ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCYBE; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALLERGENICITY; ALTERNARIA; APPLE SCAB; ARTHRINIUM; ARTICLE; ASCOBOLUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERISPORIUM; BELTRANIA; CALVATIA; CERCOSPORA; CHAETOCONIS; CHAETOMIUM; CHLOROPHYLLUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLADOSPORIUM; COMOCLATHRIS; COPRINUS; CORYNESPORA; CURVULARIA; DELITSCHIA; DRECHSLERA; EXOSPORIELLA; EXSEROHILUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIELLA; HUMIDITY; INOCYBE; LEPTOSPHAERIA; MASSARINA; MELANOMMA; MELANOSPORA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MONODICTYS; MYXOGASTRIA; NEOHENDERSONIA KICKXII; NIGROSPORA; NONHUMAN; OCTOSPORA; PENICILLIUM; PERICONIA; PERIODICITY; PERONOSPORA; PITHOMYCES; PLEOSPORALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUCCINIA; SACCOBOLUS; SEPTONEMA; SORDARIALES; SPEGAZZINIA; SPONDYLOCLADIELLA; SPORIDESMIUM; SPOROMIELLA; STACHYBOTRYS; STEMPHYLIUM; TEMPERATURE; TETRAPLOA; TORULASPORA; TRICHODELITSCHIA; UNCINULA; WEATHER; XYLARIACEAE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; PAKISTAN; SPORES, FUNGAL; WEATHER;

ALTERNARIA; BIPOLARIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CURVULARIA; PERICONIA; STEMPHYLIUM;

EID: 84857728653     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em10545d     Document Type: Article

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