ArticleEnvironmental research2013
Higher environmental relative moldiness index values measured in homes of adults with asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions.
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- Healthy-Sustainable Housing Index: A Pilot Study to Link Architecture and Public Health in a Semi-Urban Community in Mexico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Application of the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index in Finland.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
- Dampness, indoor mould, fungal DNA and respiratory health - molecular methods in indoor epidemiology.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
- Decreased FEV1 % in asthmatic adults in Scottish homes with high Environmental Relative Moldiness Index values.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
- Impacting Environmental and Public Health through the Use of Dual Targeted and Tailored Asthma Educational Interventions.Journal of environmental and public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
Higher values of the environmental relative moldiness index (ERMI), a DNA-based method for quantifying indoor molds, have been associated with asthma in children. In this study, settled dust samples were collected from the homes of adults with asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions (n=139 homes) in Northern California. The ERMI values for these samples were compared to those from dust collected in homes from the same geographic region randomly selected as part of the 2006 American Healthy Home Survey (n=44). The median ERMI value in homes of adult with airway disease (6) was significantly greater than median ERMI value (2) in the randomly selected homes (p<0.0001). In this study in Northern California, the homes of adults with asthma had ERMI values consistent with a heavier burden of indoor mold than that measured in other homes from the same region.
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