Indoor air quality and human health: Truth vs mass hysteria

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-239

  Chang, Christopher ^a,b   Gershwin, M Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AirMD   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Atopy; Environmental exposures; Hygiene hypothesis; Indoor air quality; Molds; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; AFLATOXIN; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASBESTOS; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LEUKOTRIENE; MYCOTOXIN; NEUROTROPIN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PROTEIN; RADON; RORIDIN A; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA; VERRUCARIN A; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL SPORE; BUILDING; CAT; COCKROACH; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; REVIEW; RODENT; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS;

EID: 13444249636     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CRIAI:27:3:219     Document Type: Review

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