Indoor fungi: Companions and contaminants

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-156

  Nevalainen, A ^a   Taubel M ^a   Hyvarinen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fungi; Health effects; Indoor environment; Mold; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

MOLDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; WELL BEING;

MYCOTOXINS;

FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA; MYCOTOXIN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; BUILDING; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FUNGI; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84925151159     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12182     Document Type: Review

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