title: Biologic contaminants.
abstract: Dr. Seltzer lays the groundwork for a discussion of the importance of a healthy environment by pointing out that most Americans spend at least 90% of their time indoors. He describes conditions that promote biologic contamination, ways that these contaminants induce illness, the key components of any evaluation of an indoor environment, and methods of decontamination and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Seltzer
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000382:microbiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology