ReviewCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2008
Quality of indoor residential air and health.
Review in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Indoor Particulate Matter in Urban Households: Sources, Pathways, Characteristics, Health Effects, and Exposure Mitigation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Seasonal analysis of indoor and outdoor ratios of PMHeliyon · 2025Article
- Emission characteristics of volatile organic compounds from consumer spray products based on product type, spray method, and distance.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The contribution of cooking appliances and residential traffic proximity to aerosol personal exposure.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Article
- Indoor Air Quality in Buildings: A Comprehensive Review on the Factors Influencing Air Pollution in Residential and Commercial Structure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Exploring a sustainable building's impact on occupant mental health and cognitive function in a virtual environment.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Respiratory health effects of residential individual and cumulative risk factors in children living in two cities of the Pearl River Delta Region, China.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Exposure to Indoor Mouldy Odour Increases the Risk of Asthma in Older Adults Living in Social Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Making the Case for "Whole System" Approaches: Integrating Public Health and Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- A 2D covalent organic framework as a sensor for detecting formaldehyde.Journal of molecular modeling · 2018Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of ACO (Asthma-COPD Overlap) in Aboriginal People.Journal of environmental and public health · 2018Article
- Healthy Cities of Tomorrow: the Case for Large Scale Built Environment-Health Studies.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2017Article
- Ambient ozone and asthma hospital admissions in Texas: a time-series analysis.Asthma research and practice · 2017Article
- Cross-reactivity between aeroallergens and food allergens.World journal of methodology · 2015Article
- Eastern Carolina Asthma Prevention Program (ECAPP): An Environmental Intervention Study Among Rural and Underserved Children with Asthma in Eastern North Carolina.Environmental health insights · 2014Article
- Indoor air pollution and respiratory health of children in the developing world.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2013Review
- Long-term management of asthma in First Nations and Inuit children: A knowledge translation tool based on Canadian paediatric asthma guidelines, intended for use by front-line health care professionals working in isolated communities.Paediatrics & child health · 2012Article
- Respiratory disease in Canadian First Nations and Inuit children.Paediatrics & child health · 2012Article
- Characterization of new Alternaria alternata--specific rat monoclonal antibodies.Mycopathologia · 2012Article
- Practices at an AYUSH health camp for asthma in Pendra, Chhattisgarh.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine · 2011Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
About 90% of our time is spent indoors where we are exposed to chemical and biological contaminants and possibly to carcinogens. These agents may influence the risk of developing nonspecific respiratory and neurologic symptoms, allergies, asthma and lung cancer. We review the sources, health effects and control strategies for several of these agents. There are conflicting data about indoor allergens. Early exposure may increase or may decrease the risk of future sensitization. Reports of indoor moulds or dampness or both are consistently associated with increased respiratory symptoms but causality has not been established. After cigarette smoking, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and radon are the most common causes of lung cancer. Homeowners can improve the air quality in their homes, often with relatively simple measures, which should provide health benefits.
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