Influence of housing characteristics on bacterial and fungal communities in homes of asthmatic children

Indoor Air

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 179-192

  Dannemiller, K C ^a   Gent, J F ^b   Leaderer, B P ^b   Peccia, J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bacteria; Beneficial microbes; Fungi; Indoor microbiome; Next generation DNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DISEASES; DNA SEQUENCES; DUST; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; HOUSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BENEFICIAL MICROBE; DNA SEQUENCING; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; HOUSE DUST; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; INDOOR MICROBIOME; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING;

BACTERIA;

ASTHMA; BACTERIUM; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BACTERIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS;

EID: 84961201873     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12205     Document Type: Article

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