The relationship between environmental relative moldiness index values and asthma

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 233-238

  Vesper, Stephen ^a   Wymer, Larry ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Asthma; ERMI; Logistic regression; Mold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; FUNGUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960540397     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.01.006     Document Type: Review

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