Asthma Risk Associated with Indoor Mold Contamination in Hispanic Communities in Eastern Coachella Valley, California

Table 3

Average Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) values in homes in the four types of housing in Mecca and Coachella City and the weighted-average ERMI values (WAEV) for all housing in each community. ( = number homes evaluated in each category).

	Mecca		Coachella City
		ERMI		ERMI	value
Apartment	16	7.1	17	4.9
Modern home	18	7.8	22	6.1
Trailer	7	17.2	18	7.0
Mixed-use	10	15.3	3	5.9
Total	51		60
WAEV		10.3		6.0	<0.05