Residential fungal contamination and health: microbial cohabitants as covariates.
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Residential fungal contamination and health: microbial cohabitants as covariates.
An association between symptoms and residential mold growth has been consistently observed in several countries, but the contribution of dust mites and bacterial endotoxins to this relation has not been established. To address this issue, we studied a sample of 403 Canadian elementary school children during the winter months. Reported mold growth was compared to respiratory and nonspecific symp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s3481