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. 2024 May 3;8:90–198. doi: 10.5414/ALX02444E

Table 4. Evidence for the relationship between indoor moisture/mold exposure and disease (in alphabetical order), modified from [7, 39, 45, 58, 59, 74, 78, 79, 80, 101, 108,111, 116, 119, 131, 133, 162, 169, 175, 181, 182, 183, 201, 202, 204, 211, 212, 245, 263, 273, 275, 287, 289, 291, 298, 303, 316, 319, 322, 338, 363, 370, 394, 437, 442, 444, 445, 449, 450, 451, 462, 465, 466, 467, 490, 499, 501, 504, 509, 514, 520, 521, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 537, 540, 546, 547, 552, 553, 568, 569, 596, 598, 632, 635, 642, 643, 644, 645, 652, 655, 694, 698, 717, 722, 742, 746, 754, 756, 757, 777, 783, 790, 791, 794, 797].

Causal relationship
Sufficient evidence for an association1 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
Allergic bronchopulmonary mycoses (ABPM)
Allergic respiratory diseases
Allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
Aspergilloma
Aspergillosis
Aspergillus bronchitis
Asthma (manifestation, progression, exacerbation)
Bronchitis (acute, chronic)
Community-acquired aspergillus pneumonia
Favoring respiratory infections
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP); extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA)
Invasive aspergillosis
Mycoses
Organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) (workplace)
Pulmonary aspergillosis (subacute, chronic)
Rhinosinusitis (acute, chronic invasive or granulomatous, allergic)
Limited or suspected evidence of an association Atopic eczema / atopic dermatitis / neurodermatitis (manifestation)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Mood disorders
Mucous membrane irritation (MMI)
Odor effects
Sarcoidosis
Inadequate or insufficient evidence for an association Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in children
Airborne mycotoxicosis
Arthritis
Autoimmune diseases
Cancer
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
Endocrinopathies
Gastrointestinal effects
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Multiple sclerosis
Neuropsychological effects
Neurotoxic effects
Sudden infant death syndrome
Renal effects
Reproductive disorders
Rheumatism
Sick building syndrome (SBS)
Teratogenicity
Thyroid diseases
Urticaria

1The diseases listed here can be subsumed under the term Building Related Illness (BRI), even though BRI requires that the etiology, pathology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and prognosis are clearly known [429, 663].