Air Quality Section

Articles:

Medical Perspective

Damp Indoor Spaces and Health (2004).
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), Institute of Medicine (IOM)

The medical effects of mold exposure

Outdoor Air

Towards healthy indoor air in dwellings in europe. The THADE report 2003

Mold the whole picture by Ellen McCrady 1999

Overview of Personal Occupational Exposure Levels to Inhalable Dust, Endotoxin, b(1~3)-Glucan and Fungal Extracellular Polysaccharides in the Waste Management Chain. Wouters et al 2000

Indoor Air

Toxic moulds and indoor air quality Singh J 2005

Fungal types and concentrations from settled dust in normal residences  Hicks et al 2005

Assessment of the aerosolization potential for fungal spores in moldy homes
S. K. Sivasubramani et al 2004

Aspergillus sp. in dwellings and health implications of indoor fungi. Pieckova 2001

Monitoring airborne fungal spores in an experimental indoor environment to evaluate sampling methods and the effects of human activity on air sampling. Buttner et al 1993

Specialised environments

National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Invasive Aspergillosis During Construction/Renovation Activities (Ireland) DEVELOPED BY A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CENTRE 2002

Dustborne fungi in large office buildings Chao et al 2002

Prevention of nosocomial aspergillosis Barnes A 2000

Current recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial infections: are they applicable to mould. Barnes R 2006 (Powerpoint presentation)

Mycological monitoring of different workplaces in Lithuania. Lugauskas et al 2000

Composts

Occupational and environmental exposure to bioaerosols from composts and potential health effects - A critical review of published data. HSE and Composting Asociation 2003

Mycological control and surveillance of biological waste and compost. Beffa et al 1998

The microbiology of spent mushroom compost and its dust. Kleyn 1981

Sampling Techniques

Collection of fungal spores on air filters and spore re-entrainment from filters into air 
Jankowski et al 2000

An Indoor Air Model Comtois et al 1999

A recommended method for the sampling of Aspergillus spp (and other filamentous fungi) conidia in water and on water-related surfaces. Adilia Warris

A recommended method for the sampling of Aspergillus spp spores in air. Malcolm Richardson


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