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ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2016

A Citizen-Science Study Documents Environmental Exposures and Asthma Prevalence in Two Communities.

Samantha Eiffert, Yomi Noibi, Stephen Vesper, Jonathan Downs, Florence Fulk, Juanita Wallace, Melanie Pearson, Andrea Winquist

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Article in Journal of environmental and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The Indoor Microbiome: Sampling, Analysis and Emerging Trends.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Samantha EiffertDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Yomi NoibiECO-Action, 250 Georgia Avenue, SE 309, Atlanta, GA 30312, USA.
Stephen VesperNational Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West M. L. King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1182-8674
Jonathan DownsDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Florence FulkNational Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West M. L. King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Juanita WallaceECO-Action, 250 Georgia Avenue, SE 309, Atlanta, GA 30312, USA.
Melanie PearsonDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Andrea WinquistDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7258-3215

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES019776 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2013 to 2026
$22.6M
Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in ToxicologyT32ES012870 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2004 to 2026
$9.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES019776NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES012870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A citizen-science study was conducted in two low-income, flood-prone communities in Atlanta, Georgia, in order to document environmental exposures and the prevalence of occupant asthma. Teams consisting of a public-health graduate student and a resident from one of the two communities administered a questionnaire, inspected residences for mold growth, and collected a dust sample for quantifying mold contamination. The dust samples were analyzed for the 36 molds that make up the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI). Most residents (76%) were renters. The median duration of residence was 2.5 years. Although only 12% of occupants reported a history of flooding, 46% reported at least one water leak. Homes with visible mold (35%) had significantly (

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Air MicrobiologyEnvironmental ExposureAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAir Pollution, IndoorAsthmaCommunity ParticipationDustFemaleFloodsFungiGeorgiaHousingHumansMaleDust

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PMID28003835
PMCPMC5143781

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