Fungal exposure in homes of patients with sarcoidosis - An environmental exposure study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Terčelj, Marjeta ^a   Salobir, Barbara ^a   Harlander, Matevz ^a   Rylander, Ragnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b BioFact Environmental Health Research Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTER; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; ENZYMOLOGY; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SLOVENIA;

FUNGI;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 78651564216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-8     Document Type: Article

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