Prevalence, Risk Factors and Impacts Related to Mould-Affected Housing: An Australian Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: In response to an Australian governmental inquiry into biotoxin-related illness, the purpose of this integrative review is to bring together the current state of evidence on the prevalence, risk factors and impacts related to mould-affected housing in an Australian context, in order to inform building, housing and health research, practice and policy. The robust integrative review methodology simultaneously sought quantitative and qualitative studies and grey literature from multiple disciplines, identifying only 45 studies directly relating to Australian housing and indoor mould. Twenty-one studies highlight negative health impacts relating to indoor residential mould, with asthma, respiratory, allergy conditions and emerging health concerns for chronic multiple-symptom presentation. The

SUBMITTER: Coulburn L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835129 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature