Coarse and fine culturable fungal air concentrations in urban and rural homes in Egypt

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 936-949

  Awad, Abdel Hameed A ^a,b   Gibbs, Shawn G ^c   Tarwater, Patrick M ^d   Green, Christopher F ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Fungi; Homes; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; YEAST;

AGAR MEDIUM; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

EGYPT;

EID: 84875242268     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10030936     Document Type: Article

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