Mold exposure and health effects following hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 165-178

  Barbeau, Deborah N ^a,b   Grimsley, L Faye ^a   White, Luann E ^a   El Dahr, Jane M ^c   Lichtveld, Maureen ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Fungi; Indoor air; Outdoor air

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MOLD (SOIL); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODS; FUNGI; HUMANS; NEW ORLEANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 77952707884     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103643     Document Type: Review

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