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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental hygiene2021

Comparison of ERMI results for dust collected from homes by an electrostatic cloth and by the standard vacuum method.

Stephen Vesper, Larry Wymer, David Cox, Gary Dewalt, Eugene Pinzer, Warren Friedman, Peter J Ashley

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Stephen VesperCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Larry WymerCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.
David CoxQuanTech, Rockville, Maryland.
Gary DewaltQuanTech, Rockville, Maryland.
Eugene PinzerUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, Washington, District of Columbia.
Warren FriedmanUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, Washington, District of Columbia.
Peter J AshleyUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, Washington, District of Columbia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) is a scale used to compare mold contamination levels in U.S. homes. To create the ERMI scale, a nationally representative set of U.S. homes was selected (n = 1,096). From each of these homes, a standard vacuum-dust sample was collected and then 36 common molds, the 26 Group 1 and 10 Group 2 molds, as grouped for forming the ERMI metric, were quantified using quantitative PCR assays. However, in investigations of mold in homes, it is not always practical or even possible to collect dust using the standard vacuum method. Therefore, we performed a comparative study of dust samples collected in the same homes (n = 151) by the standard vacuum method and by an electrostatic cloth (EC) method. First, floor dust was collected by vacuuming a 2 m

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Air Pollution, IndoorDustFungiHousingStatic ElectricityVacuumDustAmerican Healthy Homes SurveyDepartment of Housing and Urban Developmentmold

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PMID34170214
PMCPMC8543091

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