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Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2003 Jul;18(7):535-44. Related Articles,

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Health effects of indoor fungal bioaerosol exposure.

Fung F, Hughson WG.

Department of Occupational Medicine, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical

Group, San Diego, California, USA.

Occupational and environmental health professionals are confronted

with issues concerning the health effects of indoor fungal

bioaerosol exposure. This article reviews current data on the health

effects of indoor mold exposure and provides practical suggestions

for occupational and environmental health practitioners regarding

how best to manage these exposures based on published human studies.

We conducted MEDLINE searches and reviewed all English language

studies on indoor mold exposure (visible survey or objective

sampling) and human health effects published from 1966 to November

2002. The main findings of the studies are analyzed in conjunction

with plausible association of health effects and fungal exposure.

Five case control studies, 17 cross-sectional surveys, and 7 case

reports met the selection criteria. Current evidence suggests that

excessive moisture promotes mold growth and is associated with an

increased prevalence of symptoms due to irritation, allergy, and

infection. However, specific human toxicity due to inhaled fungal

toxins has not been scientifically established. Methods for

measuring indoor bioaerosol exposure and health assessment are not

well standardized, making interpretation of existing data difficult.

Additional studies are needed to document human exposure-disease and

dose-response relationships.

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PMID: 12791550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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