Indoor mould exposure, asthma and rhinitis: findings from systematic reviews and recent longitudinal studies.

ABSTRACT: Starting from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and World Health Organization (WHO) reports, this review provides an overview of the literature published from 2006 to 2017 on the associations between indoor mould exposure and asthma and rhinitis separately in children and adults with a focus on longitudinal epidemiological studies.A systematic search of peer-reviewed literature was performed, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, longitudinal, incident case-control and panel studies. 61 publications were identified reporting visible mould or mould odour or quantitative assessment of culturable fungi or mould species.In children, visible mould and mould odour were associated with the development and exacerbations of asthma, providing sufficient evidence of a causal relationship. Res

SUBMITTER: Caillaud D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489198 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature