Indoor molds and lung function in healthy adults

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 677-684

  Hernberg, Samu ^a,b   Sripaiboonkij, Penpatra ^a,c   Quansah, Reginald ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dampness; FVC; Lung function; Mold odor; Molds

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DAMPNESS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MOLD EXPOSURE; MOULD; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899478019     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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