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Building mycology : management of decay and health in buildings

Title: Building mycology : management of decay and health in buildings / edited by Jagjit Singh.
Publication: London : E & FN Spon, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Singh, Jagjit, 1912-2002.

Description

xvi, 326 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. The built environment and the development of fungi / Jagjit Singh -- 2. Introduction, ecology, taxonomy and economic importance of fungi in buildings / Jagjit Singh -- 3. Nature and extent of deterioration in buildings due to fungi / Jagjit Singh -- 4. The physiology and morphology of fungal decay in buildings / Sarah Watkinson -- 5. Indoor aerobiology and health / John Lacey -- 6. Fungal disfigurement of interior finishes / Olaf C. G. Adan and Robert A. Samson -- 7. Inspection, monitoring and environmental control of timber decay / Huw Lloyd and Jagjit Singh -- 8. Detection and biocontrol of wood decay organisms / John W. Palfreyman and Alan Bruce -- 9. Chemical control of fungal decay in buildings / E. Austin Hilditch -- 10. Biodeterioration of wall paintings: the Indian experience / Kundan Lal Garg and Shashi Dhawan -- 11. Indoor mycology: the North American experience / Paul Comtois and Beatriz Escamilla Garcia --
12. Fungal problems in buildings: the Danish experience / Anne Pia Koch -- 13. The effect of filamentous fungi on stone monuments: the Spanish experience / Gonzalo Gomez-Alarcon and M. Angeles de la Torre.

ISBN

0419190201 :

LCCN

gb 94081282

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Columbia University Libraries