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2 Partial list of peer-reviewed, published studies related to ventilation in buildings

  1. Bornehag C-G, Sundell J, Hägerhed-Engman L, Sigsgaard T: Association between ventilation rates in 390 Swedish homes and allergic symptoms in children. Indoor Air 15:275-280, 2005
  2. Daisey JM, Angell WJ, Apte MG: Indoor air quality, ventilation and health symptoms in schools: an analysis of existing information. Indoor Air 13:53-64, 2003
  3. Emenius G, Egmar AC Wickman M: Mechanical ventilation protects one-storey single-dwelling houses against increased air humidity, domestic mite allergens and indoor pollutants in a cold climate region, Clin. Exp. Allergy, 28, 1389–1396, 1998
  4. Emenius G, Svartengren M, Korsgaard J, Nordvall L, Pershagen G, Wickman M: Building characteristics, indoor air quality and recurrent wheezing in very young children (BAMSE). Indoor Air, 14, 34–42, 2004
  5. Godish T, Spengler JD: Relationships between ventilation and indoor air quality: a review. Indoor Air 6, 135-145. 2005
  6. Harving H, Korsgaard J Dahl R: Clinical efficacy of reduction in house-dust mite exposure in specially designed, mechanically ventilated healthy homes, Allergy, 49, 866–870, 1994
  7. Mendell MJ, Heath GA: Do indoor pollutants and thermal conditions in schools influence students performance? Indoor Air 15:27-52, 2005
  8. Reponen T, Nevalainen A, Raunemaa T: Bioaerosol and particle mass levels and ventilation in Finnish homes. Environ Internat 15:203-208, 1989
  9. Ruotsalainen R, Rönnberg R, Säteri J, Majanen A, Seppänen O, Jaakkola JJK: Indoor climate and the performance of ventilation in Finnish residences. Indoor Air 2:137-145, 1992
  10. Seppänen O, Fisk WJ: Association of ventilation system type with SBS symptoms in office workers, Indoor Air, 12, 98–112, 2002
  11. Seppänen O, Fisk WJ, Lei Q H: Ventilation and performance in office work. Indoor Air, 16:1 28, 2006
  12. Shaughnessy R, Haverinen-Shaughnessy U, Nevalainen A, Moschandreas D. A Preliminary study on the association between ventilation rates in classrooms and student performance. Indoor Air, online early (Published article online: 26-May), 2006
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  14. Sundell J: On the association between building ventilation characteristics, some indoor environmental exposures, some allergic manifestations and subjective symptom reports, Indoor Air, Suppl. 2, 94, 1994.
  15. Sundell J, Wickman M, Pershagen G, Nordvall L: Ventilation in homes infested by house-dust mites, Allergy, 50, 106–112, 1994
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  18. Warner JA, Frederick JM, Bryant TN, Wiech C, Raw GJ, Hunter C, Stephen FR, McIntyre DA, Warner JO: Mechanical ventilation and high-efficiency vacuum cleaning: a combined strategy of mite and mite allergen reduction in the control of mite-sensitive asthma, J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 105(1 Pt 1), 75–82, 2000.
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3 Partial list of peer-reviewed, published studies related to dampness and mould in buildings

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  7. Bornehag C-G, Sundell J, Bonini S, Custovic A, Malmberg P, Skerfving S, Sigsgaard T, Verhoeff A: Dampness in buildings as a risk factor for health effects, EUROEXPO: a multidisciplinary review of the literature (1998-2000) on dampness and mite exposure in buildings and health effects. Indoor Air 14:243-257, 2004
  8. Bornehag C-G, Sundell J, Hagerhed-Engman L, Sigsgaard T, Janson S, Aberg N, Abarca ML: Dampness at home and its association with airway, nose, and skin symptoms among 10851 preschool children in Sweden: a cross-sectional study. Indoor Air 15:48-55, 2005
  9. Bornehag CG, Sundell J, Sigsgaard T: Dampness in buildings and health (DBH): Report from an ongoing epidemiological investigation on the association between indoor environmental factors and health effects among children in Sweden. Indoor Air 14 Suppl 7:59-66, 2004
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  36. Haverinen U, Husman T, Vahteristo M, Koskinen O, Moschandreas D, Nevalainen A, Pekkanen J: Comparison of two-level and three-level classifications of moisture-damaged dwellings in relation to health effects. Indoor Air 11:192-199, 2001
  37. Haverinen U, Husman T, Pekkanen J, Vahteristo M, Moschandreas D, Nevelainen A: Characteristics of moisture damage in houses and their association with self-reported symptoms of the occupants. Indoor and Built Environment 10:83-94, 2001
  38. Haverinen U, Vahteristo M, Moschandreas D, Nevalainen A, Husman T, Pekkanen J: Knowledge-based and statistically modeled relationships between residential moisture damage and occupant reported health symptoms. Atmospheric Environment 37:577-585, 2003
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  40. Hodgson MJ, Miller D, Jarvis B, Storey E: Mycotoxins and building-related illness. JOEM 40:761-764, 2005
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  44. Hyvarinen A, Reponen T, Husman T, Nevalainen A: Comparison of the indoor air quality in mould damaged and reference buildings in a subarctic climate. Cent Eur J Publ Health 9:133-139, 2001
  45. Hyvarinen A, Vahteristo M, Meklin T, Jantunen M, Nevalainen A, Moschandreas D: Temporal and spatial variation of fungal concentrations in indoor air. Aerosol Science and Technology 35:688-695, 2001
  46. Hyvarinen A, Meklin T, Vepsalainen A, Nevalainen A: Fungi and actinobacteria in moisture-damaged building materials - concentrations and diversity. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 49:27-37, 2002
  47. Hyvärinen A, Reponen T, Husman T, Ruuskanen J, Nevalainen A: Characterizing mold problem buildings - concentrations and flora of viable fungi. Indoor Air 337: 1993
  48. Immonen J, Laitinen S, Taskinen T, Nevalainen A, Korppi M: Mold-specific immunoglobulin E antibodies in primary school students: a 3-year follow-up study. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 14:101-108, 2000
  49. Immonen J, Meklin T, Taskinen T, Nevalainen A, Korppi M: Skin-prick test findings in students from moisture- and mould-damaged schools: a 3-year follow-up study. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 12:87-94, 2001
  50. Jaakkola JJK, Hwang B-F, Jaakkola N: Home dampness and molds, parental atopy, and asthma in childhood: a six-year population-based cohort study. Environ Health Perspect 113:357-361, 2005
  51. Jaakkola MS, Laitinen S, Piipari R, Uitti J, Nordman H, Haapala A-M, Jaakkola JJK: Immunoglobulin G antibodies against indoor dampness-related microbes and adult-onset asthma: a population-based incident case-control study. Clin Exp Allergy 129:107-112, 2002
  52. Jaakkola MS, Nordman H, Piipari R, Uitti J, Laitinen J, Karjalainen A, Hahtola P, Jaakkola JJK: Indoor dampness and molds and development of adult-onset asthma: a population -based incident case-control study. Environ Health Perspect 110:543-547, 2002
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