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People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans. The factors that affect the environments within buildings, the ways in which building characteristics influence the composition and function of indoor microbial communities, and the ways in which these microbial communities relate to human health and well-being are extraordinarily complex and can be explored only as a dynamic, interconnected ecosystem. This report examines how to advance understanding of the ecosystem of built environments, indoor microbiomes, and effects on human health and well-being.
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Microbiomes of the Built Environment: A Research Agenda for Indoor Microbiology, Human Health, and Buildings
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·2017
People's desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans, and it is estimated that people in developed countries now spend 90 percent of their lives indoors. As people move from...
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