The role of airborne microbes in school and its impact on asthma, allergy, and respiratory symptoms among school children

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Yu, Jie ^a   Huang, Houjin ^a   Jin, Feng ^a   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

allergen; asthma; indoor; microbe; school children

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOREMEDIATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL;

EID: 80053945303     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: 14735601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRM.0b013e32834a449c     Document Type: Article

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