Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments (2nd Ed.) Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control, Second Edition
Coordonnateurs : Flannigan Brian, Samson Robert A., Miller J. David
In 2007, scientists estimated the direct cost of diseases associated with mould and dampness on the US population to be in the range of 4 billion dollars, and the indirect costs of lost work and school days are gauged even higher. The US Centers for Disease Control recently concluded that elimination of moisture and mouldy materials in the home definitively results in improved health. Unfortunately, problems of accurate assessment and precise identification plague the full understanding of the effects of mould on human health.
Addressing exposure assessment and identification, Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments: Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation, and Control, Second Edition discusses the methodology for conducting investigations on indoor environments, including details on key fungi and actinobacteria, and reflects advances in predicting their occurrence in buildings in various parts of the world.
Beginning with a review of types of microorganisms in outdoor and indoor air, their growth and control in home and work environments, and their role in respiratory disease, this second edition presents new studies on pollen and its allergenic effects, the mechanistic basis for the effects of toxins and inflammatory agents on lung biology, and the use of molecular methods for determining microbial contaminants. On the practical side, this edition examines remediation, control, and quality assurance; occupational exposures in a wide range of environments; and infectious fungi and bacterial endotoxins in the built environment.
Bringing together the state-of-the-science in this health-critical field, this accurate and timely book offers researchers, public health officials, and industrial hygienists crucial information on specific microorganisms in the built environment, along with current measurement and assessment solutions to clean up indoor air and keep residents and workers healthy in the future.
Microorganisms in Air. Microorganisms in Homes and Work Environments. Airborne Microorganisms and Disease. Microbiological Investigation of Indoor Environments. Common and Important Species of Actinobacteria and Fungi in Indoor Environments. Appendix: Glossary of Mycological Terms. Index.
Date de parution : 11-2017
21x28 cm
Date de parution : 04-2011
Ouvrage de 540 p.
21x28 cm
Thèmes de Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments :
Mots-clés :
Air Spora; Hyphal Fragments; Microorganisms In Air; Stachybotrys Chartarum; Airbourne Microorganisms And Disease; Rotorod Sampler; Common Fungi And Actinomycetes; Pollen Allergens; Mycological Investigations; Pollen Grains; Identification Of Fungi; Paecilomyces Variotii; Aureobasidium Pullulans; Airborne Fungal Spores; Cladosporium Cladosporioides; Chaetomium Globosum; Alternaria Alternata; Scopulariopsis Brevicaulis; Spore Concentrations; Dust Events; Cladosporium Spore; Eurotium Amstelodami; Cladosporium Sphaerospermum; Aspergillus Versicolor; Penicillium Aurantiogriseum; Gypsum Board; Wallemia Sebi; GMA; Penicillium Chrysogenum; Fungal Spores