Applicability of the environmental relative moldiness index for quantification of residential mold contamination in an air pollution health effects study.

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Published in J Environ Public Health on November 09, 2014

Authors

Ali Kamal1, Janet Burke1, Stephen Vesper2, Stuart Batterman3, Alan Vette1, Christopher Godwin3, Marina Chavez-Camarena4, Gary Norris1

Author Affiliations

1: National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
2: National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West M. L. King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
3: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
4: Community Action Against Asthma Partner, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.

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