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ReviewThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice

Procedures to Assist Health Care Providers to Determine When Home Assessments for Potential Mold Exposure Are Warranted.

Ginger L Chew, W Elliott Horner, Kevin Kennedy, Carl Grimes, Charles S Barnes, Wanda Phipatanakul, Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, J David Miller, Environmental Allergens Workgroup

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Review in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The Effects of the Environment on Asthma Disease Activity.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Ginger L ChewNational Center for Environmental Health, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Ga. Electronic address: GJC0@cdc.gov.
W Elliott HornerUL Environment, Marietta, Ga.
Kevin KennedyCenter for Environmental Health, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
Carl GrimesHealthy Habitats, LLC, Denver, Colo.
Charles S BarnesCenter for Environmental Health, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
Wanda PhipatanakulDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Désirée Larenas-LinnemannHospital Medica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico.
J David MillerDepartment of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Environmental Allergens Workgroup
National Center for Environmental Health · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USBoston Children's Hospital · USCarleton University · CACenter for Environmental Health · USChildren's Mercy Hospital · USFreshwater Habitats Trust · GBHospital Médica Sur · MX

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drawing evidence from epidemiology and exposure assessment studies and recommendations from expert practice, we describe a process to guide health care providers helping their patients who present with symptoms that might be associated with living in damp housing. We present the procedures in the form of a guided 2-part interview. The first part has 5 questions that triage the patient toward a more detailed questionnaire that reflects features of housing conditions known to be reliably associated with exposures to mold and dampness contaminants. We chose the questions based on the conditions associated with moisture problems in homes across the United States and Canada. The goal is to facilitate the clinician's effort to help patients reduce exposure to environmental triggers that elicit symptoms to better manage their disease.

Indexed as

FungiHousingAir Pollution, IndoorEnvironmental ExposureHealth PersonnelHumansHumidityAllergensAllergyAsthmaFungiHome assessmentMoldQuestionnaire

Identifiers

PMID27021632
PMCPMC4972026
OpenAlexW2305899314

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Registered trials

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