Health effects of residents exposed to Stachybotrys in water-damaged houses in Finland

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-485

  Mussalo Rauhamaa, Helena ^a,b   Nikulin, Marjo ^c   Koukila Kähkölä, Pirkko ^d   Hintikka, Eeva Lisa ^c   Malmberg, Marjatta ^a   Haahtela, Tari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Building material; Health effects; Stachybotrys chartarum (S. atra); Toxicity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 77955862144     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X10367290     Document Type: Article

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