Exposure matrices of endotoxin, (1→3)-β-d-glucan, fungi, and dust mite allergens in flood-affected homes of New Orleans

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5489-5498

  Adhikari, Atin ^a   Lewis, Jocelyn Suzanne ^b   Reponen, Tiina ^a   DeGrasse, Enjoli C ^b   Grimsley, L Faye ^b   Chew, Ginger L ^c   Iossifova, Yulia ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(1 3) d glucan; Allergen; Bioaerosols; Endotoxin; Flood affected homes; Molds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLIZATION; AIRBORNE ENDOTOXIN; ALLERGEN; BIOAEROSOLS; DUST MITE; DUST SAMPLES; DUST SAMPLING; ENDOTOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL SPORES; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY EFFECTS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; MICROBIAL SOURCES; MULTIPLE METHODS; NEW ORLEANS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL TRENDS;

AEROSOLS; ALLERGIES; ANTIGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLOORS; FUNGI; MOLDS; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE;

DUST;

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MITE; PARTICLE SIZE; TOXIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; MOULD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BETA-GLUCANS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEW ORLEANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77956877697     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.087     Document Type: Article

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