The relationship between exposure to microbial volatile organic compound and allergy prevalence in single-family homes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-26

  Araki, Atsuko ^a,b   Kanazawa, Ayako ^a   Kawai, Toshio ^c   Eitaki, Yoko ^c   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^d   Nakayama, Kunio ^d   Shibata, Eiji ^e   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^f   Takigawa, Tomoko ^g   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^h   Chikara, Hisao ^h   Saijo, Yasuaki ⁱ   Kishi, Reiko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 octen 3 ol; Allergies; Asthma; Home environment; Microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs)

Indexed keywords

1-OCTEN-3-OL; AIR SAMPLES; AIRBORNE FUNGI; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CATIONIC PROTEINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETACHED HOUSE; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAY FEVER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL TREATMENT; MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NASAL PATENCY; ODDS RATIOS; SELECTED ION MONITORING; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE;

DISEASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALLERGIES;

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 2 HEPTANONE; 2 HEXANONE; 2 PENTANOL; 3 OCTANOL; 3 OCTANONE; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; PENTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLADOSPORIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAY FEVER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; ION MONITORING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PENICILLIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHODOTORULA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOLS; PREVALENCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FUNGI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84862781203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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