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LOS ANGELES -- We're a long way from understanding the effects of indoor molds on patients' health, Sandra McNeel, D.V.M., reported at the annual meeting of the California Academy of Family Physicians.
While many epidemiologic studies have found a positive correlation between building dampness or mold growth and the prevalence of respiratory symptoms m occupants, there is no biomarker for acute environmental exposure to fungi and molds.
"We really don't have a good way to say, 'this set of symptoms is mold related,"' said...
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