Indoor air quality and health: Validity and determinants of reported home dampness and moulds

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-125

  Dales, Robert E ^a,d   Miller, David ^b   Mcmullen, E D ^c  

^a Health Effects Research Section   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Health Canada   (Canada)

^d Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Fungi; Questionnaires; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FUNGUS; HEALTH; HOME; HUMAN; MOULD; ODOR; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030892623     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.120     Document Type: Article

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