Sampling for indoor fungi

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Portnoy, Jay M ^a   Barnes, Charles S ^a   Kennedy, Kevin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Environmental sampling; Ergosterol; Fungi; Glucan; Microbially generated volatile organic compounds; Mold; Mycotoxin; Stachybotrys species; Surface sampling

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; ERGOSTEROL; GLUCAN; MYCOTOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; BUILDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESTRUCTION; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 1142291689     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.11.021     Document Type: Review

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