The biocontaminants and complexity of damp indoor spaces: More than what meets the eyes

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 583-615

  Thrasher, Jack D ^a   Crawley, Sandra ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; construction defects; mold; mycotoxins; particles

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ENDOTOXIN; GALACTOMANNAN; GLIOTOXIN; GLUCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MYCOTOXIN; RORIDIN A; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMBIENT AIR; BACILLUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM VENTILATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STREPTOMYCES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NOCARDIA; PENICILLIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STACHYBOTRYS ECHINATA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 70350513597     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233709348386     Document Type: Review

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