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Indoor airborne fungi and wheeze in the first year of life among a cohort of infants at risk for asthma.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology - 1 Sept 2010
Rosenbaum Paula F, Crawford Judith A, Anagnost Susan E, Wang C J K, Hunt Andrew, Anbar Ran D, Hargrave Teresa M, Hall E Geralyn, Liu Chien-Chih, Abraham Jerrold L
Abstract excerpt
In studies worldwide, respiratory outcomes such as cough, wheeze and asthma have been consistently linked to mold exposure. Young children spend most of their time indoors and may be particularly vulnerable. We evaluated the associations between exposure to airborne fungal levels and episodes of wheezing in a cohort of 103 infants at risk for asthma (due to maternal history of asthma), living primarily in...
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