A longitudinal study of sick building syndrome among pupils in relation to microbial components in dust in schools in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5253-5259

  Zhang, Xin ^a,b   Zhao, Zhuohui ^c   Nordquist, Tobias ^b   Larsson, Lennart ^d   Sebastian, Aleksandra ^d   Norback, Dan ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; China; Dust; Endotoxin; School environment; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS; AIRBORNE DUSTS; CHINA; ENDOTOXIN; FUNGAL DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; MICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; MULTI-LEVEL LOGISTICS; PETRI DISH; PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; SETTLED DUST; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VACUUM CLEANING;

ANTIGENS; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

DUST;

ALLERGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXIN; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL DNA; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BUILDING; DNA; DUST; FATTY ACID; INDOOR AIR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYSACCHARIDE; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NOSE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT DISEASE; VACUUM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERGOSTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MURAMIC ACIDS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHOOLS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

CHINA; SHANXI; TAIYUAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80054773145     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.059     Document Type: Article

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