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Development of an Environmental Relative Moldiness Index for US Homes (ERMI) (Vesper et al) |
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http://www.orange-county-mold-inspection.com/ermi-documents/ERMI20JOEM202007.pdf
Development of an Environmental Relative
Moldiness Index for US Homes
Stephen Vesper, PhD
Craig McKinstry, MS
Richard Haugland, PhD
Larry Wymer, MS
Karen Bradham, PhD
Peter Ashley, DrPH
David Cox, PhD
Gary Dewalt, PhD
Warren Friedman, PhD
JOEM • Volume 49, Number 8, August 2007
The use of a highly standardized,
objective approach to mold analysis
centered on a DNA-based method of
identification and quantification
should provide more reliable measures
of the mold burden in homes.
The resulting ERMI provides a simple
numeric estimate of this mold
burden. The fact that the ERMI is
based on accumulated dust means
that it is not an instantaneous measure
but a long-term measure of the
mold burden. On-going epidemiological
studies should help us determine
if the ERMI improves our
understanding of the role of molds in
human health. |