TY - BOOK ID - 7837603 TI - Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living AU - Adan, Olaf C.G. AU - Samson, Robert A. PY - 2011 SN - 9086861350 9086867227 PB - Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers : Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Dampness in buildings -- Prevention. KW - Fungi -- Spores. KW - Indoor air pollution. KW - Molds (Fungi) -- Health aspects. KW - Fungi KW - Spores KW - Fruiting Bodies, Fungal KW - Air Pollution KW - Eukaryota KW - Organism Forms KW - Cells KW - Fungal Structures KW - Organisms KW - Environmental Pollution KW - Anatomy KW - Public Health KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Health Care KW - Spores, Fungal KW - Air Pollution, Indoor KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Civil Engineering KW - Molds (Fungi) KW - Dampness in buildings KW - Health aspects. KW - Prevention. KW - Buildings, Dampness in KW - Condensation control in buildings KW - Moisture control in buildings KW - Air KW - Mold (Fungi) KW - Molds (Botany) KW - Mould (Fungi) KW - Moulds (Fungi) KW - Pollution, Indoor KW - Life sciences. KW - Plant science. KW - Botany. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Life Sciences, general. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Air conditioning KW - Buildings KW - Exterior walls KW - Ventilation KW - Waterproofing KW - Microfungi KW - Filamentous fungi KW - Sick building syndrome KW - Protection KW - Pollution KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Plants KW - Biosciences KW - Sciences, Life KW - Science KW - Floristic botany UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7837603 AB - 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 avoiding adverse health effects is the prevention (or minimization) of persistent dampness and microbial growth on interior surfaces and in building structures. This book aims to describe the fundamentals of indoor mold growth as a prerequisite to tackle mold growth in the existing building stock as well as in future energy efficient buildings. It brings together different disciplinary points of view on indoor mold, ranging from physics and material science to microbiology and health sciences. The contents have been outlined according to three main issues: Fundamentals, particularly addressing the crucial roles of water and materials, Health, including a state-of-the-art description of the health-related effects of indoor molds, and Strategies, integrating remediation, prevention and policies. ER -