Bioaerosols

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CRC Press, Feb 22, 1995 - Technology & Engineering - 336 pages
Written by an illustrious group of experts in microbiology and aerobiology, Bioaerosols brings together current information on the nature and health effects of bioaerosol-related problems. The book presents up-to-date coverage of methods for sampling and analysis, as well as various approaches to the investigation of health problems caused by exposure to biological contaminants in indoor air. Its comprehensive treatment of the various aspects of this subject makes it a valuable reference for industrial hygienists, public health officials and researchers, and physicians interested in environmentally caused disease.

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Contents

Series Preface iii
15
References
21
Airborne Contagious Disease
25
Legionella Ecology
49
Endotoxin
77
Fungi
87
University of Michigan United Medical and Dental Schools
116
A A Vass Ph D
121
Chapman Ph D Harvard School of Public Health
157
The Outdoor Aerosol
163
Department of Medicine
164
BioaerosolInduced Hypersensitivity Diseases
205
Lynn Eudey Ph D William R Solomon M D
225
Immunoassays
235
Sampling and Analysis
249
Biostatistics and Bioaerosols
269

Allergens of Arthropods and Birds
133
Mammalian Aeroallergens
149

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Harriet A. Burge (Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) (Author)