Study on the potential relationships between indoor culturable fungi, particle load and children respiratory health in Xi'an, China

Building and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-114

  Liu, Zhijian ^a   Li, Angui ^b   Hu, Zhipei ^b   Sun, Hongfa ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Children respiratory health; Culturable fungi; Indoor environment; Particle

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISEASES; HEALTH; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SURVEYS;

CULTURABLE; GEOMETRIC MEAN DIAMETERS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS;

FUNGI;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; ETIOLOGY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84902515878     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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