Microbiomes of the Built Environment: A Research Agenda for Indoor Microbiology, Human Health, and Buildings

by The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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 homes to workplaces, traveling in cars and on transit systems, microorganisms are continually with and around them. The human-associated microbes that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309449804
• ISBN13: 9780309449809
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"