Moulds in floor dust - a particular problem in mechanically ventilated rooms? A study of adolescent schoolboys under the Danish moulds in buildings program

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-340

  Meyer, Harald W ^a,b   Suadicani, Poul ^a   Nielsen, Peter A ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^d   Gyntelberg, Finn ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Building and Urban Research ^*  (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building related symptom; Combined effect; DAMIB; Dust; Fungi; Mechanical ventilation; Mold; Pupil; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DUST; FLOOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOGISTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DENMARK; DIZZINESS; DUST; FLOOR DUST; HUMAN; MALE; MOULD; NOSE CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VENTILATION;

DENMARK;

FUNGI;

EID: 79960067137     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3135     Document Type: Article

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