Sick building syndrome: Is mould the cause?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Terr, Abba I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroirritation; Fungal illness; Moulds; Mycotoxicity; Sick Building Syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOTOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MOULD; MYCOSIS; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; FUNGUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MYCOSES; MYCOTOXICOSIS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 67651112212     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802510216     Document Type: Article

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