Meyer, H. W., W¨¹rtz, H., Valbj?rn, O., Sigsgaard, T., Gyntelberg, F. and the DAMIB-group
2002 In Indoor Air 2002. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, California June 30-July 5
Meyer, H. W., W¨¹rtz, H., Valbj?rn, O., Sigsgaard, T., Gyntelberg, F. and the DAMIB-group, (2002), "Moulds and health - an epidemiological study", In Indoor Air 2002. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, California June 30-July 5.
Abstract:
The objective was to test the hypothesis that building related symptoms (BRS) in adolescent school children were associated with mould growth in school buildings. In the questionnaire study including eight "wet" and seven "dry" schools sufficient responses were returned from 1053 adolescent pupils of 8th and 9th grade. At the end of a working day dust was sampled from floors of the class rooms of these pupils, and analysed for culturable fungi. When dividing the buildings into "dry", "intermediate" and "wet" a surprising tendency towards higher prevalences of BRS in "dry" buildings was seen, though a significant trend was only found for eye irritation. Significantly higher prevalences of eye irritation, throat irritation, headache, concentration problems, and dizziness were seen with increasing levels of viable total moulds in collected floor dust.
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Sigsgaard, T. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. ne01@bbh.hosp.dk