Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living /

Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living / / edited by Olaf C.G. Adan, Robert A. Samson.

Today, indoor mold and moisture, and their associated health effects, are a society-wide problem. The economic consequences of indoor mold and moisture are enormous. Their global dimension has been emphasized in several recent international publications, stressing that the most important means for a...

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Adan, Olaf C.G.
Samson, Robert A.
Place / Publishing House:Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (508 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction; O.C.G. Adan, R.A. Samson
  • 2. Water relations of fungi in indoor environments; O.C.G. Adan et al
  • 3. Fungal growth and humidity fluctuations: a toy model; H.P. Huinink, O.C.G. Adan
  • 4. The fungal cell; J. Dijksterhuis
  • 5. Ecology and general characteristics of indoor fungi; R.A. Samson
  • 6. Characteristics and identification of indoor wood-decaying basidiomycetes; O. Schmidt, T. Huckfeldt
  • 7. Health effects from mold and dampness in housing in western societies: early epidemiology studies and barriers to further progress; J.D. Miller
  • 8. Aerosolized fungal fragments; B.J. Green et al
  • 9. Mycotoxins on building materials; K.F. Nielsen, J.C. Frisvad
  • 10. WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: dampness and mold; O.O. Hänninen
  • 11. Moisture content measurement; B.J.F. Erich, L. Pel
  • 12. The fungal resistance of interior finishing materials; O.C.G. Adan
  • 13. Detection of indoor fungi bioaerosols; J.A. Scott et al
  • 14. Mold remediation in North American buildings; P.R. Morey
  • 15. Mold remediation in West-European buildings; T. Warscheid
  • 16. Protection of wood; M.F. Sailer, W.J. Homan
  • 17. Coating and surface treatment of wood; H. Viitanen, A.-C. Ritschkoff
  • 18. Recommendations; O.C.G. Adan, R.A. Samson
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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