Molds in floor dust and building-related symptoms in adolescent school children

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Meyer, H W ^a   Wurtz H ^b   Suadicani, P ^a   Valbjorn O ^c   Sigsgaard, T ^d   Gyntelberg, F ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c Danish Building/Urban Res Inst SBI   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Building related symptoms; Dust; Hay fever; Molds; Psychosocial factors; School children

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOORS; MOLDS; VENTILATION;

ASTHMA; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING-RELATED SYMPTOM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; HAY FEVER; MOISTURE GROWTH; MOULD GROWTH; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; SCHOOL CHILD;

DUST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COVARIANCE; DIZZINESS; DUST; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOISTURE; MOULD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; THROAT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARCHITECTURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DEUTEROMYCETES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCHITECTURE; ASTHMA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 1542741006     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0668.2003.00213.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Bornehag, C.G., Blomquist, G., Gyntelberg, F., Jarvholm, B., Malmberg, P., Nordvall, L., Nielsen, A., Pershagen, G. and Sundell, J. (2001) Dampness in buildings and health. Nordic interdisciplinary review of the scientific evidence on associations between exposure to 'dampness' in buildings and health effects (NORDDAMP), Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 11, 72-86.
2. Bourbeau, J., Brisson, C. and Allaire, S. (1996) Prevalence of the sick building syndrome symptoms in office workers before and after being exposed to a building with an improved ventilation system, Occup. Environ. Med., 53, 204-210.
3. Brauer, C., Mikkelsen, S. and Skov, P. (2000) Reliability and Validity of a New Questionnaire for Investigation of Symptoms Related to 'The Sick Building Syndrome ' and Perceived Indoor Air Quality [in Danish, Report, own print], Department of Occupational Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, 1-73.
4. Cuijpers, C.E., Swaen, G.M., Wesseling, G., Sturmans, F. and Wouters, E.F. (1995) Adverse effects of the indoor environment on respiratory health in primary school children, Environ. Res., 68, 11-23.
5. Douwes, J. (1998) Respiratory health effects of indoor microbial exposure. A contribution to the development of exposure assessment methods. Thesis, Wageningen, 1-171.
6. Etzel, R.A., Montana, E., Sorenson, W.G., Kullman, G.J., Allan, T.M. and Dearborn, D.G. (1998) Acute pulmonary hemorrhage in infants associated with exposure to Stachybotrys atra and other fungi, Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med., 152, 757-762.
7. Franck, C., Bach, E. and Skov, P. (1993) Prevalence of objective eye manifestations in people working in office buildings with different prevalences of the sick building syndrome compared with the general population, Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health, 65, 65-69.
8. Garrett, M.H., Rayment, P.R., Hooper, M.A., Abramson, M.J. and Hooper, B.M. (1998) Indoor airborne fungal spores, house dampness and associations with environmental factors and respiratory health in children, Clin. Exp. Allergy, 28, 459-467.
9. Gyntelberg, F., Suadicani, P., Nielsen, J.W., Skov, P., Valbjorn, O., Nielsen, P.A., Schneider, T., Jorgensen, O., Wolkoff, P., Wilkins, C.K., Gravesen, S. and Norn, S. (1994) Dust and the sick building syndrome, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 4, 223-238.
10. Hosmer, DW. and Lemeshow, S. (1989) Applied Logistic Regression, New York, USA, A Wiley-Interscience Publication.
11. Jaakkola, J.J. and Miettinen, P. (1995) Type of ventilation system in office buildings and sick building syndrome, Am. J. Epidemiol, 141, 755-765.
12. Koskinen, O., Husman, T., Hyvarinen, A., Reponen, T. and Nevalainen, A. (1995) Respiratory symptoms and infections among children in a day-care-center with mold problems, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 5, 3-9.
13. Koskinen, O.M., Husman, T.M., Hyvarinen, A.M., Reponen, T.A. and Nevalainen, A. I. (1997) Two moldy day-care centers: a follow-up study of respiratory symptoms and infections, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 7, 262-268.
14. Meyer, H.W. (2000) The Copenhagen School Study - a study of indoor air quality [in Danish]. Ph.D. thesis, own print. Clinic of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, H:S Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Denmark, 1-91.
15. Meyer, H.W., Würtz, H., Valbjorn, O., Sigsgaard, T., Gyntelberg, F., and the DAMIB-group (2002) Moulds and health - an epidemiological study. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, California, June 30-July 5, Vol. 3, 394-397.
16. Pan, Z., Molhave, L. and Kjaergaard, SK. (2000) Effects on eyes and nose in humans after experimental exposure to airborne office dust, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 10, 237-245.
17. Platt, S.D., Martin, C.J., Hunt, S.M. and Lewis, C.W. (1989) Damp housing, mould growth, and symptomatic health state, Br. Med. J., 298, 1673-1678.
18. Skov, P., Valbjorn, O. and Pedersen, B.V. (1989) Influence of personal characteristics, job-related factors and psychosocial factors on the sick building syndrome. Danish Indoor Climate Study Group, Scand. J. Work. Environ. Health, 15, 286-295.
19. Skov, P., Valbjorn, O. and Pedersen, B.V. (1990) Influence of indoor climate on the sick building syndrome in an office environment. The Danish Indoor Climate Study Group, Scand. J. Work. Environ. Health, 16, 363-371.
20. SPSS for Windows (1997a) Base System User's Guide, release 7.5. Chicago, IL, SPSS.
21. SPSS for Windows (1997b) Advanced Statistics, release 7.5. Chicago, IL, SPSS.
22. Stenberg, B., Mild, K.H., Sandstrom, M., Sundell, J. and Wall, S. (1993) A prevalence study of the sick building syndrome (SBS) and facial skin symptoms in office workers, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 3, 71-81.
23. Sundell, J. (1994) On the association between building ventilation characteristics, some indoor environmental exposures, some allergic manifestations and subjective symptom reports. Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 1-49.
24. Teeuw, K.B., Vandenbroucke Grauls, C.M. and Verhoef, J. (1994) Airborne gram-negative bacteria and endotoxin in sick building syndrome. A study in Dutch governmental office buildings, Arch. Intern. Med., 154, 2339-2345.
25. Würtz, H. (2002) The dustfall collector - a simple way to measure exposure to microorganisms. The 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, June 30-July 5. Monterey, California, vol. 1, 425-430.
26. Würtz, H., Kildeso, J., Meyer, H.W. and Nielsen, J.B. (1999) A pilot study on airborne microorganisms in danish classrooms. Proceedings of Indoor Air '99, the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Edinburgh, Vol. 1, 316-321.
27. Zweers, T., Preller, L., Brunekreef, B. and Boleij, J.S. (1992) Health and indoor climate complaints of 7043 office workers in 61 buildings in the Netherlands, Indoor Air - Int. J. Indoor Air Quality Climate, 2, 127-136.