2019
No
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12588
Fisk, William J
North America
Observational
Modeling
Students
Dampness
Health
Meta-analysis
Mold
Respiratory
School
The evidence of adverse health effects was strongest for cough and wheeze, which had confidence limits excluding unity in some or all analyses. The odds ratios of 1.32 for cough and 1.68 for wheeze suggest moderate increases in health risk. Studies not included in the meta-analyses provide additional evidence that dampness and mold in schools are associated with adverse health outcomes. These meta-analyses and the published literature not included in the meta-analyses suggest that dampness and mold in schools are associated with adverse respiratory health effects.