Airborne (1→3)-β-d-glucan and airway disease in a day-care center before and after renovation

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-285

  Rylander, Ragnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; GLUCAN;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030611720     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602199     Document Type: Article

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