Assessment of Regional Fungal Concentrations and Diversity and Their Possible Association with Self-Reported Health Effects Among a National Sample of Office Building Occupants in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Messer SA
• Description:
  Data from the Environmental Protection Agency's Building Assessment and Survey Evaluation (BASE) study was analyzed for culturable fungi detected in air samples collected from 100 office buildings located among ten climate regions in the United States. Fungi identified and quantified in the study were evaluated in indoor and outdoor environments. Evenness of species for both summer and winter, and the diversity and similarity indices of species were calculated between climate region groups in order to observe potential climate-based differences in the fungal microbiome. Respiratory and neurological health symptoms of study building occupants (n = 4,326) were self-reported by questionnaire, and were analyzed in order to assess seasonal and climate differences. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Fungi Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air Samples Climatic Factors IAQ Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environments Office Environments Questionnaires Seasonal Factors
• ISBN:
  9780438382268
• Publisher:
  ProQuest LLC.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059305
• Citation:
  Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC., 2018 Aug; :10816734
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Assessment of regional fungal concentrations and diversity and their possible association with self-reported health effects among a national sample of office building occupants in the United States
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:29774c1e1567669907554f46439f7b5b2736f56cd157ea69da5bd8c1a80f48ece0ee64ac667af815c760340c104203577a4198ca46a45fe9d1fa0a1d95176737
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223575/cdc_223575_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]