Higher environmental relative moldiness index values measured in homes of adults with asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions.

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Published in Environ Res on February 16, 2013

Authors

Paul D Blanc1, Patricia J Quinlan, Patricia P Katz, John R Balmes, Laura Trupin, Miriam G Cisternas, Larry Wymer, Stephen J Vesper

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Paul.Blanc@ucsf.edu

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