A review of indoor microbial growth across building materials and sampling and analysis methods

Building and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-149

  Verdier, Thomas ^a   Coutand, Marie ^a   Bertron, Alexandra ^a   Roques, Christine ^b  

^a Laboratoire Materiaux et Durabilite des Constructions   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis; Building materials; Indoor environment; Methods; Microbial growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEALTH HAZARDS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MATERIALS PARAMETERS; METHODS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

AIR QUALITY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM;

EID: 84904689099     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.030     Document Type: Review

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