Outdoor airborne fungal spora load in a suburb of Kolkata, India: Its variation, meteorological determinants and health impact

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-50

  Chakrabarti, Himadri Shekhar ^a   Das, Shaonli ^a   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

aeromycology; allergic disease; bioaerosols; fungal spore calendar; meteorological determinants

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALLERGY; CORRELATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; METEOROLOGY; SPORE; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS; BASIDIOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; UREDINIOSPORE; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUBURBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84863396709     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.588323     Document Type: Review

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