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Cats,
Cockroaches, Dampness, Fungi Linked to Asthma
(NY, Reuters Health, 9/28/04)
Dr. George T. O'Connor of Boston University, and
associates, inspected the homes of 414 mold-sensitive
asthmatic children, who lived in seven US cities. The
investigators found that homes with cats, roaches and/or
dampness were likely to harbor airborne fungi, a risk factor
for asthma.
(Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, September 2004.) |