Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 417-+Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.01.013
Keywords
Home assessment; Mold; Fungi; Allergens; Questionnaire; Allergy; Asthma
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Funding
- Indoor Air Quality Association
- US Housing and Urban Development (Healthy Homes Grant)
- Clorox Corporation
- Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America
- US Housing and Urban Development
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Drawing evidence from epidemiology and exposure assessment studies and recommendations from expert practice, we describe a process to guide health care providers helping their patients who present with symptoms that might be associated with living in damp housing. We present the procedures in the form of a guided 2-part interview. The first part has 5 questions that triage the patient toward a more detailed questionnaire that reflects features of housing conditions known to be reliably associated with exposures to mold and dampness contaminants. We chose the questions based on the conditions associated with moisture problems in homes across the United States and Canada. The goal is to facilitate the clinician's effort to help patients reduce exposure to environmental triggers that elicit symptoms to better manage their disease. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
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