Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments : diversity, health impacts, investigation and control /

This book is a valuable addition to the limited existing resources on this subject, which has rapidly gained popularity in recent years. Microbial contamination of indoor air is now receiving considerable attention as a possible cause of indoor air-related illnesses or symptoms within home or work environments. Credit must be given to the editors for bringing together experts in this field to produce this book. The book is divided into five chapters, each with subchapters. Information in three subchapters under "Microorganisms in Homes and Work Environments" will be of great value to students and professionals of the residential and commercial buildings industry and will enable them to take proper measures in eliminating sick-building syndromes in newly constructed buildings or renovated buildings. Similarly, information in chapter 3 should greatly interest health care professionals, especially allergists and pulmonologists. Finally, chapters 4 and 5 will be valuable to all laboratory personnel involved in environmental microbiology, especially the color plates of fungi and actinomycetes. Thus, this book should appeal to almost everyone whose work is related to bioaerosols in indoor environment. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. A. M. Dhople Florida Institute of Technology