ArticlePediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2015
Mold contamination in schools with either high or low prevelance of asthma.
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- Association of mold levels in urban children's homes with difficult-to-control asthma.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2022Article
- Assessment of mold contamination in hurricane-damaged homes in Houston, Texas after sanitization by volunteers.Annals of civil and environmental engineering · 2022Article
- Asthma Prevalence and Mold Levels in US Northeastern Schools.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2021Article
- Combining sensor-based measurement and modeling of PMAerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2019Article
- Development of an approach to correcting MicroPEM baseline drift.Environmental research · 2018Article
- Asthma Risk Associated with Indoor Mold Contamination in Hispanic Communities in Eastern Coachella Valley, California.Journal of environmental and public health · 2018Article
- Use of Medicaid and housing data may help target areas of high asthma prevalence.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2017Article
- A Citizen-Science Study Documents Environmental Exposures and Asthma Prevalence in Two Communities.Journal of environmental and public health · 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
- Mold contamination in schools with either high or low prevelance of asthma.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMold exposures have been linked to the development and exacerbation of asthma. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) metric, developed to quantify mold exposures in homes, might be applied to evaluating the mold contamination in schools.
methodsSettled dust samples (n = 10) were collected on each level of a water-damaged school in Springfield, Massachusetts and two samples per level in five Idaho schools. Each dust sample was analyzed for the 36 molds that make up the ERMI. The concentration of 2.5-μm particulate matter (PM2.5 ) was measured in each school at two locations during the spring of 2013.
resultsThe average ERMI value in the Springfield school, 15.51, was significantly greater (p < 0.001) than the average ERMI value, -2.87, in the Idaho schools. Ten of the twenty-six Group 1 molds, which are associated with water-damaged environments, were in significantly greater concentrations in the Springfield school. The populations of Group 2 molds, which are common indoors even without water damage, were essentially the same in Springfield and Idaho schools. The average PM2.5 concentration in the Springfield and Idaho schools was 11.6 and 3.4 μg/m(3) , respectively.
conclusionsThe ERMI scale might be useful in comparing the relative mold contamination in schools.
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