ArticleSafety and health at work2020
Moist and Mold Exposure is Associated With High Prevalence of Neurological Symptoms and MCS in a Finnish Hospital Workers Cohort.
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- Italian Expert Consensus on Clinical and Therapeutic Management of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Association between environmental mold exposure and mild cognitive impairment in older adults: a case-control study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Clinical and Paraclinical Predictors of Survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results from a Three-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- AWMF mold guideline "Medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure" - Update 2023 AWMF Register No. 161/001.Allergologie select · 2024Article
- Differential effects of exposure to toxic or nontoxic mold spores on brain inflammation and Morris water maze performance.Behavioural brain research · 2023Article
- Toxic Indoor Air Is a Potential Risk of Causing Immuno Suppression and Morbidity-A Pilot Study.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Letter to the Response by Hyvönen et al. on Moisture Damage and MCS.Safety and health at work · 2021Article
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- Letter to the Study by Hyvönen et al. on Moisture Damage and MCS.Safety and health at work · 2020Article
- The Roles of Autoimmunity and Biotoxicosis in Sick Building Syndrome as a "Starting Point" for Irreversible Dampness and Mold Hypersensitivity Syndrome.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Association of toxic indoor air with multi-organ symptoms in pupils attending a moisture-damaged school in Finland.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndoor air dampness microbiota (DM) is a big health hazard. Sufficient evidence exists that exposure to DM causes new asthma or exacerbation, dyspnea, infections of upper airways and allergic alveolitis. Less convincing evidence has yet been published for extrapulmonary manifestations of dampness and mold hypersensitivity syndrome ).
methodsWe investigated the prevalence of extrapulmonary in addition to respiratory symptoms with a questionnaire in a cohort of nurses and midwives (n = 90) exposed to DM in a Helsinki Obstetric Hospital. The corresponding prevalence was compared with an unexposed cohort (n = 45). Particular interest was put on neurological symptoms and multiple chemical sensitivity.
resultsThe results show that respiratory symptoms were more common among participants of the study vs. control cohort, that is, 80 vs 29%, respectively (risk ratio [RR]: 2.56,
conclusionThe results indicate that the exposure to DM is associated with a plethora of extrapulmonary symptoms. Presented data corroborate our recent reports on the health effects of moist and mold exposure in a workplace.
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