Aeromycoflora of some eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-394

  Ababutain, Ibtisam Mohammed ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Airborne; Asthma; Dammam; Fungi; Khobar; Qatif

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASPERGILLUS SP.; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 84879202662     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11426891     Document Type: Article

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