Assessment and predictors determination of indoor airborne fungal concentrations in Paris newborn babies' homes

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-85

  Dassonville, Claire ^a,b   Demattei, Christophe ^c   Detaint, Bertrand ^a   Barral, Sophie ^d   Bex Capelle, Valérie ^d   Momas, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a AP HP   (France)

^b Mairie de Paris   (France)

^c NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Hygiène de la Ville de Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aeration habits; Airborne fungi; Home characteristics; Indoor air; Predictors

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

AERATION; AIR SAMPLING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AERATION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM; COLD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FRANCE; FUNGUS; GEOMETRY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 50349100119     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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