[Health effects of indoor molds].
Molds are found almost everywhere in the environment. Their airborne propagules (conidia, spores, hyphal fragments) can--under certain circumstances--cause a variety of health problems like mycotic infections, allergies, asthma, irritations or toxic syndromes.
Buzina
Walter
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Institut für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Umweltmedizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Osterreich. walter.buzina@meduni-graz.at
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D004391:Dust; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000209:etiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013191:Stachybotrys / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013577:Syndrome; D014774:Virulence
D004391:Dust; D007509:Irritants; D009183:Mycotoxins