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Indoor Bioaerosol Contaminants



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    The indoor environment contains low-level persistent doses of bioaerosols posing a year-round, cumulative health hazard. In some settings (i.e., homes with cats, public housing with cockroaches) the airborne and dust loads of antigen can be extremely high and pose a real health threat to residents and their buildings. Research to define problems associated with bioaerosols and factors that promote their growth and spread has been ongoing. Today researchers, clinicians, and engineers, are identifying mitigation strategies to clean and maintain the quality of air inside our buildings. A substantial portion of disease and disability are due to respiratory infections, allergic episodes, irritation, and inflammation from indoor bioaerosol exposure. Since these exposures are often due to building-related factors, such morbidity could be reduced significantly. Concentrations of bioaerosols indoors vary greatly in time and space. Methods for environmental sampling of bioaerosols need to be standardized to the extent possible. Only methods for pollen, specific bacteria, and viral sampling approach being "standard." Further studies on exposure and response are needed to provide useful information for risk assessment and management. These include specific programs aimed at young children. Bioaerosols indoors are often caused by persistent moisture and / or inadequate ventilation, for which proper design, construction, and maintenance are essential in exposure prevention. Other useful controls include removal of pests and pets, plants, furnishings that provide homes for mites and other arthropoda, behavior changes and vaccination. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISBN:
    9780471292982
  • Publisher:
    John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Book
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    449-480
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20054995
  • Citation:
    Environmental toxicants: human exposures and their health effects, second edition. Lippmann M ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000 Jan; :449-480
  • Editor(s):
    Lippmann M
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2000
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Arizona, Tucson
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    19950701
  • Source Full Name:
    Environmental toxicants: human exposures and their health effects, second edition
  • End Date:
    20060630
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    urn:sha-512:6a9a3b3e9126b43d9e431239d7187f9fa94e8fdede9502e2f1089b5f11a4a870b837fcc036d8ea3f65c0085a29d64450463bbb3da6006d166d87f339100830c9
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