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• 영문명: Airborne Fungi Concentrations and Related Factors in the Home
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 조용민(YongMin Cho) 류승훈(SeungHun Ryu) 최민석(Min Seok Choi) 서성철(SungChul Seo) 정지태(Ji Tae Choung) 최재욱(Jae Wook Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제39권 제5호, 438~446쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.10.30

영문 초록

Objectives: This study was performed in order to determine airborne fungi levels in homes and find related factors that may affect airborne fungi concentration. Methods: Fifty homes were study subjects for measuring airborne fungi. For sampling airborne fungi, the impaction method on agar plates was used and samples were counted as colony forming units per cubic meter of air (CFU/m3). In addition, information regarding housing characteristics and atopic disease in each home were collected via questionnaire. Results: The geometric means (GM) of airborne fungi concentrations in fifty living rooms and bedrooms were 68.03 and 62.93 CFU/m3, respectively. The GM of airborne fungi concentration in atopy homes was 78.42 CFU/m3. This was higher than non-atopy homes’ 54.34 CFU/m3 (p-value=0.051). In the results of the multiple regression analysis, outdoor airborne fungal concentration proved a strong effective factor on indoor airborne fungal concentration. Also, construction year, floor area of house, indoor smoking and frequency of ventilation were factors that showed a significant association with indoor airborne fungi concentration. Conclusions: The results of this study show that some housing and living characteristics may affect the development and increase of airborne fungi. In addition, exposure to airborne fungi may be a risk factor for the prevalence of childhood atopic diseases.

키워드

Airborne fungi housing characteristic atopic disease indoor air