Dampness and Mould - WHO guidelines for indoor air quality - PRWeb
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<strong>WHO</strong> GUIDELINES FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY: DAMPNESS AND MOULD<br />
Reference Participants Outcome<br />
TABLE A1.2. CONT.<br />
Retrospective studies<br />
Frequent asthma symptoms<br />
Andriessen, Brunekreef,<br />
Roemer (1998)<br />
Cross-sectional studies<br />
Karevold et al. (2006)<br />
Nafstad et al. (2005)<br />
Dales, Burnett,<br />
Zwanenburg (1991)<br />
1614 children with symptoms<br />
of asthma <strong>and</strong> chronic cough<br />
3406 children (aged 10 years)<br />
942 children (aged 3–5 years)<br />
attending day-care centres<br />
14 799 parents of children aged<br />
5–8 years<br />
Prevalence of lower respiratory<br />
tract symptoms<br />
Prevalence of phlegm<br />
Tonsillopharyngitis<br />
Nocturnal cough<br />
Heavy breathing or chest<br />
tightness<br />
Lower respiratory tract symptoms<br />
Chronic respiratory disease<br />
Allergy or atopy<br />
Adults<br />
Prospective studies<br />
Matheson et al. (2005)<br />
845 adults (aged 20–45 years)<br />
Atopy<br />
Cross-sectional studies<br />
Dharmage et al. (2001)<br />
485 participants in a follow-up study<br />
to the ECRHS<br />
Risk <strong>for</strong> sensitization to fungi<br />
Rennie et al. (2005)<br />
1998 adults (aged 18–74 years)<br />
Allergy<br />
Norbäck et al. (1999)<br />
455 adults; 98 prevalent cases of<br />
asthma <strong>and</strong> 357 controls<br />
Increase in blood eosinophil<br />
concentration × 10 6 /l<br />
Increase in serum eosinophil<br />
cationic protein in μg/l<br />
Increase in blood eosinophil<br />
concentration × 10 6 /l<br />
Increase in serum eosinophil<br />
cationic protein in μg/l
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