Predictors of airborne endotoxin concentrations in inner city homes

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 614-617

  Mazique, D ^a   Diette, G B ^a,b   Breysse, P N ^b   Matsui, E C ^a,b   McCormack, M C ^a,b   Curtin Brosnan, J ^a   Williams, D L ^b   Peng, R D ^c   Hansel, N N ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne endotoxin; Asthma; Environmental exposure; Housing; Inner city; Settled dust

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INNER CITY AREA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIN; URBAN HOUSING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BALTIMORE; CITIES; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; SEASONS;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955113066     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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