Correlation between Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) values in French dwellings and other measures of fungal contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-324

  Méheust, Delphine ^a,b   Gangneux, Jean Pierre ^a,c,d   Reponen, Tiina ^e   Wymer, Larry ^f   Vesper, Stephen ^f   Le Cann, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture technique; Dwelling; ERMI; France; Fungi; QPCR

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; DUST SAMPLES; DWELLING; ERMI; FRANCE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL GROWTH; KENDALL'S TAU; MAKING DECISION; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

BUILDINGS; CONTAMINATION; DUST; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DNA; FUNGUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE MOLDINESS INDEX; FRANCE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FUNGI; HOUSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FRANCE; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI;

EID: 84866548680     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.085     Document Type: Article

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