Indoor- and outdoor-derived contaminants in urban and rural homes in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Miller, J David ^a   Dugandzic, Rose ^a   Frescura, Anna Maria ^a   Salares, Virginia ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA GLUCAN; CARBON; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; ENDOTOXIN; ERGOSTEROL; FEL D 1 PROTEIN, FELIS DOMESTICUS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE BETA,3 DEXTRO GLUCAN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BETA-GLUCANS; CARBON; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERGOSTEROL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PARTICLE SIZE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ALLERGIES; CARBON BLACK; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RURAL AREAS; URBAN PLANNING;

ALLERGENS; ERGOSTEROL; GLUCAN; INFLAMMATORY MATERIALS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACARI; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 34247224991     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2007.10465337     Document Type: Article

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