Airborne fungal volatile organic compounds in rural and urban dwellings. Detection of mould contamination in 94 homes determined by visual inspection and airborne fungal volatile organic compounds method

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2005-2009

  Moularat, Stéphane ^a   Hulin, Marion ^b,c   Robine, Enric ^a   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^b,c   Caillaud, Denis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical index; Fungal development; MVOC; Quality of indoor air

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDICES; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MVOC; PRESENCE OF WATER; QUALITY OF INDOOR AIR; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DWELLINGS; URBAN SETTINGS; VISUAL INSPECTION; WATER DAMAGE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLDS; RURAL AREAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; OBSERVATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79953327488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.033     Document Type: Review

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