Modifiable factors governing indoor fungal diversity and risk of asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 631-641

  Sharpe, R ^a   Thornton, C R ^b   Osborne, N J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AWARENESS; BUILDING MATERIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HEATING; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE COURSE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PET ANIMAL;

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 84916882617     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12281     Document Type: Review

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