Actinobacteria in indoor environments: Exposures and respiratory health effects

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 3 S, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1273-1284

  Rintala, Helena ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Actinomycetes; Exposure; Health; Indoor; Respiratory; Review

Indexed keywords

DOCUSATE CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; DUST; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; EXPOSURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); POSIBACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80053104824     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/s225     Document Type: Article

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