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Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health
Indoor air environment contains a complex mixture of biological contaminants such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae, insects, and their by-products such as endotoxins, mycotoxins, volatile organic compounds, etc. Biological contaminants have been categorized according to whether they are allergenic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34394766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-00978-z |
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author | Kumar, Pradeep Kausar, Mohd. Adnan Singh, A. B. Singh, Rajeev |
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description | Indoor air environment contains a complex mixture of biological contaminants such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae, insects, and their by-products such as endotoxins, mycotoxins, volatile organic compounds, etc. Biological contaminants have been categorized according to whether they are allergenic, infectious, capable of inducing toxic or inflammatory responses in human beings. At present, there is a lack of awareness about biological contamination in the indoor environment and their potential sources for the spreading of various infections. Therefore, this review article examines the association of biological contaminants with human health, and it will also provide in-depth knowledge of various biological contaminants present in different places such as residential areas, hospitals, offices, schools, etc. Moreover, qualitative and quantitative data of bio-contaminants in various indoor environments such as schools, hospitals, residential houses, etc. have also been derived from the recent literature survey. |
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spelling | pubmed-83463432021-08-09 Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health Kumar, Pradeep Kausar, Mohd. Adnan Singh, A. B. Singh, Rajeev Air Qual Atmos Health Article Indoor air environment contains a complex mixture of biological contaminants such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae, insects, and their by-products such as endotoxins, mycotoxins, volatile organic compounds, etc. Biological contaminants have been categorized according to whether they are allergenic, infectious, capable of inducing toxic or inflammatory responses in human beings. At present, there is a lack of awareness about biological contamination in the indoor environment and their potential sources for the spreading of various infections. Therefore, this review article examines the association of biological contaminants with human health, and it will also provide in-depth knowledge of various biological contaminants present in different places such as residential areas, hospitals, offices, schools, etc. Moreover, qualitative and quantitative data of bio-contaminants in various indoor environments such as schools, hospitals, residential houses, etc. have also been derived from the recent literature survey. Springer Netherlands 2021-08-07 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8346343/ /pubmed/34394766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-00978-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Kumar, Pradeep Kausar, Mohd. Adnan Singh, A. B. Singh, Rajeev Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title | Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title_full | Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title_fullStr | Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title_full_unstemmed | Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title_short | Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
title_sort | biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34394766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-00978-z |
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