Streptomycetes in house dust: Associations with housing characteristics and endotoxin

Indoor Air

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-310

  Johansson, E ^a   Vesper, S ^b   Levin, L ^a   Lemasters, G ^a   Grinshpun, S ^a   Reponen, T ^a  

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

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Moisture damage; Pets; Predictive model; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DAMAGE DETECTION; DUST; MOISTURE; MOLDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOAEROSOLS; CELL-WALL COMPONENTS; HOUSE DUST; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN HEALTH; MOISTURE DAMAGE; PET; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; STREPTOMYCETES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 79960117291     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2010.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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