Indoor moulds, Sick Building Syndrome and building related illness

Adhikari, 2009, Aerosolization of fungi, (1–>3)-beta-D glucan, and endotoxin from flood-affected materials collected in New Orleans homes, Environmental Research, 109, 215, 10.1016/j.envres.2008.12.010

AIHA, 2006, The American Industrial Hygiene Association Indoor Environmental Quality Committee

Bartlett, 2004, Evaluation and a predictive model of airborne fungal concentrations in school classrooms, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 48, 547, 10.1093/annhyg/meh051

Baubiologie Maes, Institut für Baubiologie + Ökologie IBN, 2008. Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas SBM-2008, http://www.maes.de/14ENGLISCH/14GUIDELINES-2008.PDF.

Berglund, 2002, Reliability and validity of a sick building syndrome questionnaire, Archives of the Centre for Sensory Research, 7, 83

Brightman, 2008, Evaluating building-related symptoms using the US EPA BASE study results, Indoor Air, 18, 335, 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00557.x

Brown, 1983, National radiation survey in the UK: indoor occupancy factors, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 5, 203, 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082694

Burge, 2004, Sick Building Syndrome, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61, 185, 10.1136/oem.2003.008813

Canadian Construction Association

CDC, 2006, Health concerns associated with mold in water-damaged homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita-New Orleans area, Louisiana, October 2005, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review, 55, 41

CEC (Commission of the European Communities)

Chew, 2006, Mold and endotoxin levels in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: a pilot project of homes in New Orleans undergoing renovation, Environmental Health Perspectives, 114, 1883, 10.1289/ehp.9258

Cummings, 2008, Health effects of exposure to water-damaged New Orleans homes six months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, American Journal of Public Health, 98, 869, 10.2105/AJPH.2007.118398

Eduard, 2004, Atopic and nonatopic asthma in a farming and a general population, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 46, 396, 10.1002/ajim.20088

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2007. Expert forecast on emerging biological risks related to occupational safety and health. European Risk Observatory Report. Accessed at: http://europa.eu.

Fung, 2003, Health effects of indoor fungal bioaerosol exposure, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 18, 535, 10.1080/10473220301451

Gots, 2003, Indoor health: background levels of fungi, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 64, 427, 10.1080/15428110308984836

Gravesen, 1997

Heederik, 2005, Respiratory allergy in agricultural workers: recent developments, Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 5, 129, 10.1097/01.all.0000162304.66986.7d

Husman, 1996, Health effect of indoor-air microorganisms, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, 22, 5, 10.5271/sjweh.103

IOM, 2004, Human health effects associated with damp indoor environments, 183

Kemp, 2003, Changes in airborne fungi from the outdoors to indoor air; large HVAC systems in nonproblem buildings in two different climates, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 64, 269, 10.1080/15428110308984817

Klepeis, 2001, The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 11, 231, 10.1038/sj.jea.7500165

Lee, 2004, A field comparison of four samplers for enumerating fungal aerosols 1. Sampling characteristics, Indoor Air, 14, 360, 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00259.x

Lee, 2004, A field comparison of four fungal aerosol sampling instruments: inter-sampler calibrations and caveats, Indoor Air, 14, 367, 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00260.x

Lugauskas, 2004, Filamentous fungi isolated in hospitals and some medical institutions in Lithuania, Indoor Built Environment, 13, 101, 10.1177/1420326X04040936

Marmot, 2006, Building health: an epidemiological study of “sick building syndrome” in the Whitehall II study, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63, 283, 10.1136/oem.2005.022889

Meklin, 2003, Effect of building frame and moisture damage on microbiological indoor air quality in school buildings, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 64, 108, 10.1080/15428110308984800

Mendell, 2003, Environmental risk factors and work-related lower respiratory symptoms in 80 office buildings: an exploratory analysis of NIOSH data, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 43, 630, 10.1002/ajim.10211

Menetrez, 2004, Research and development of prevention and control measures for mold contamination, Indoor Built Environment, 13, 109, 10.1177/1420326X04040612

Muilenberg, 2003, Sampling devices, Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 23, 337, 10.1016/S0889-8561(03)00030-4

NYCDHMH, 2008

OSHA, 2003

Patovirta, 2004, The remediation of mold damaged school-a three-year follow-up study on teachers’ health, Central European Journal of Public Health, 12, 36

Poulsen, 1995, Collection of domestic waste. Review of occupational health problems and their possible causes, Science of the Total Environment, 70, 1, 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04524-5

2008

Rao, 2007, Characterisation of airborne molds, endotoxins, and glucans in homes in New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 1630, 10.1128/AEM.01973-06

Riggs, 2008, Resident cleanup activities, characteristics of flood-damaged homes and airborne microbial concentrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2005, Environmental Research, 106, 401, 10.1016/j.envres.2007.11.004

Sahakian, 2009, Respiratory morbidity and medical visits associated with dampness and air conditioning in offices and homes, Indoor Air, 19, 58, 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00561.x

Sessa, 2002, Microbiological indoor air quality in healthy buildings, Microbiologica, 25, 51

SUVA, 2005. Caisse nationale suisse d’assurance en cas d’accidents. Valeurs limites d’exposition aux postes de travail 2005. Référence: 1903.f. Accessed at. http://wwwitsp1.suva.ch.

US EPA, 1991

US EPA, 2001

World Health Organization, 2009

2001

US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1999. Indoor Air Quality Investigation. OSHA Technical Manual (OTM), 1999. Accessed at. http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_toc.html.

US Institute of Medicine Committee, 2004