Children symptoms before and after knowing about an indoor fungal contamination

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Handal, G ^a   Leiner, M A ^a   Cabrera, M ^a   Straus, D C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Exposure to contaminants; Indoor air; Indoor fungal contamination; Mold; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOLDS;

CHILD; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINANT; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; SYMPTOM;

FUNGI;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOULD; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; FUNGI; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1642566582     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0668.2003.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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