Microbial secondary metabolites in school buildings inspected for moisture damage in Finland, the Netherlands and Spain

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2044-2053

  Peitzsch, Mirko ^a,b   Sulyok, Michael ^c   Täubel, Martin ^d   Vishwanath, Vinay ^c   Krop, Esmeralda ^e   Borràs Santos, Alicia ^f,g,h,i   Hyvärinen, Anne ^d   Nevalainen, Aino ^d   Krska, Rudolf ^c   Larsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; ALAMETHICIN; ALTERNARIOL METHYLETHER; APICIDIN; BEAUVERICIN; DIHYDROSERGOL; EMODIN; ENNIATIN; ENNIATIN A1; ENNIATIN B1; EQUISETIN; GRISEOFULVIN; MELEAGRIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PENICILLIC ACID; PYSCION; ROQUEFORTINE; STACHYBOTRYLACTAM; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TRICHODERMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN; VERRUCAROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DUST; FINLAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL SECONDARY METABOLITE; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DAMAGE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84864434050     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em30195d     Document Type: Article

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