Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments
Subtitle: diversity, health impacts, investigation and control
By: edited by Brian Flannigan, Robert A. Samson, J. David Miller
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9781420093346
Subjects: Health aspects; Microorganisms; Indoor air pollution; Indoor Air Pollution; Microbiology; Dispersal; Air; Air Microbiology; Adverse effects; Fungi; Prevention & control; Airborne infection; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Bacteria; Pathogenicity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Microorganisms in air; title: 1.1.Microorganisms in outdoor air / B. Flannigan; title: 1.2.Microorganisms in indoor air / B. Flannigan; title: 1.3.Pollen in indoor air / A. Rantio-Lehtimaki; title: ch. 2 Microorganisms in homes and work environments; title: 2.1.Microbial growth in indoor environments / J.D. Miller; title: 2.2.Bacteria and other bioaerosols in industrial workplaces / J.R.M. Swan; title: 2.3.Remediation and control of microbial growth in problem buildings / P.R. Morey; title: ch. 3 Airborne microorganisms and disease; title: 3.1.Allergenic microorganisms and hypersensitivity / J.H. Day; title: 3.2.Occupational respiratory disease: hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other forms of interstitial lung disease / B. Flannigan; title: 3.3.Respiratory tract infections caused by indoor fungi / R.C. Summerbell; title: ch. 4 Microbiological investigation of indoor environments; title: 4.1.Mycological investigations of indoor environments / J.D. Miller; title: 4.2.Molecular methods for bioaerosol characterization / J.A. Scott; title: 4.3.Isolation and identification of fungi / J. Houbraken; title: 4.4.Analysis of microbial volatile organic compounds / T.J. Ryan; title: 4.5.Analysis for toxins and inflammatory compounds / J.D. Miller; title: 4.6.Interpreting sampling data in investigations of indoor environments: selected case studies / P.R. Morey; title: ch. 5 Common and important species of Actinobacteria and fungi in indoor environments; title: Common and important species of fungi and actinomycetes in indoor environments / J.D. Miller; title: Descriptions and illustrations of common fungi and actinomycetes.