Can we use indoor fungi as bioindicators of indoor air quality? Historical perspectives and open questions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4285-4295

  Cabral, João P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clean atmospheres; Fungal fragments; Indoor fungi; Mycotoxins; Sick building syndrome; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ATMOSPHERES; FUNGAL FRAGMENT; INDOOR FUNGI; MYCOTOXINS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VOLATILE ORGANIC;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

MYCOTOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; BIOINDICATOR; FUNGUS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STACHYBOTRYS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; MYCOTOXINS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPORES, FUNGAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 77955923980     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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