Applicability of the environmental relative moldiness index for quantification of residential mold contamination in an air pollution health effects study

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kamal, Ali ^a   Burke, Janet ^a   Vesper, Stephen ^a   Batterman, Stuart ^b   Vette, Alan ^a   Godwin, Christopher ^b   Chavez Camarena, Marina ^c   Norris, Gary ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Community Action Against Asthma Partner ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE MOLDINESS INDEX; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOULD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STANDARD; TRAFFIC; VACUUM; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN;

EID: 84912140803     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/261357     Document Type: Article

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