Higher Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMIsm) values measured in Detroit homes of severely asthmatic children

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-196

  Vesper, Stephen ^a   McKinstry, Craig ^b   Haugland, Richard ^a   Neas, Lucas ^c   Hudgens, Edward ^c   Heidenfelder, Brooke ^c   Gallagher, Jane ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; ERMI; Mold specific quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ASPERGILLUS; MOLDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ASTHMA; CHILDREN; HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE MOLDINESS INDEX (ERMI); MOLD SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE PCR;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; DISEASES;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS UNGUIS; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS UNGUIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASTHMA; ASTHMA MANAGEMENTS; CHILDREN; DETROIT; ERMI; QUANTITATIVE PCR; WILCOXON RANK-SUM TESTS;

EID: 40249084015     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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