ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2010
Do questions reflecting indoor air pollutant exposure from a questionnaire predict direct measure of exposure in owner-occupied houses?
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- Bedroom Allergen Exposure Beyond House Dust Mites.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2018Review
- ERS/ATS workshop report on respiratory health effects of household air pollution.The European respiratory journal · 2018Article
- A cross sectional analysis of behaviors related to operating gas stoves and pneumonia in U.S. children under the age of 5.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Environmental assessment and exposure control of dust mites: a practice parameter.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2013Article
- A new exposure metric for traffic-related air pollution? An analysis of determinants of hopanes in settled indoor house dust.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2013Article
- Gender, airborne chemical monitoring, and physical work environment are related to indoor air symptoms among nonindustrial workers in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2013Article
- Assessment of environmental cockroach allergen exposure.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2012Review
- Procedures to Assist Health Care Providers to Determine When Home Assessments for Potential Mold Exposure Are Warranted.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practiceReview
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Abstract
Home characteristic questions are used in epidemiological studies and clinical settings to assess potentially harmful exposures in the home. The objective of this study was to determine whether questionnaire-reported home characteristics can predict directly measured pollutants. Sixty home inspections were conducted on a subsample of the 2006 population-based Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire. Indoor/outdoor air and settled dust samples were analyzed. Mean Fel d 1 was higher (p < 0.0001) in homes with a cat (450.58 μg/g) versus without (22.28 μg/g). Mean indoor NO(2) was higher (p = 0.003) in homes with gas stoves (14.98 ppb) versus without (8.31 ppb). Self-reported musty odours predicted higher glucan levels (10554.37 μg/g versus 6308.58 μg/g, p = 0.0077). Der f 1 was predicted by the home's age, but not by reports of carpets, and was higher in homes with mean relative humidity > 50% (61.30 μg/g, versus 6.24 μg/g, p = 0.002). Self-reported presence of a cat, a gas stove, musty odours, mice, and the home's age and indoor relative humidity over 50% predicted measured indoor levels of cat allergens, NO(2), fungal glucan, mouse allergens and dust mite allergens, respectively. These results are helpful for understanding the significance of indoor exposures ascertained by self-reporting in large epidemiological studies and also in the clinical setting.
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