Assessment of airborne exposures and health in flooded homes undergoing renovation

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 446-456

  Hoppe, K A ^a   Metwali, N ^a   Perry, S S ^a   Hart, T ^b   Kostle, P A ^c   Thorne, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Environmental Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Climate change; Endotoxin; Flood remediation; Indoor air quality; Mold

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLOODS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOLDS;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; CULTURABLE; ENDOTOXIN; FLOOD REMEDIATION; FLOODINGS; GLUCANS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INHALABLE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84868713219     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2012.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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