The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China
There have been many reports on the adverse impacts of exposures to particulate matter in the air but relatively few of these have been related to exposures to ultrafine particles (UFP) in the indoor environment. To investigate exposures to (UFP) in domestic environments, and the association with ch...
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| author | Spickett, Jeffery Rumchev, Krassi Jing, H. |
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| description | There have been many reports on the adverse impacts of exposures to particulate matter in the air but relatively few of these have been related to exposures to ultrafine particles (UFP) in the indoor environment. To investigate exposures to (UFP) in domestic environments, and the association with childhood respiratory symptoms in Zongshan, China a modified Thoracic Society questionnaire was completed by 359 households with children. Air quality monitoring took place in 37 households using a P-Trak instrument to determine concentration of UFPs in rooms. The mean number of UFP was 4.1 × 10 4 cm-3. A range of factors was found to be associated with UFP concentration and self-reported childhood respiratory symptoms. In conclusion, the evidence suggests that behavioural and environmental factors contribute to increased UFP concentrations indoors although there was no statistically signification correlation between indoor ultrafine particle concentration and any reported repeated episodes of respiratory symptoms. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-145972017-10-02T02:27:58Z The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China Spickett, Jeffery Rumchev, Krassi Jing, H. children indoor environment ultrafine particles China respiratory symptoms There have been many reports on the adverse impacts of exposures to particulate matter in the air but relatively few of these have been related to exposures to ultrafine particles (UFP) in the indoor environment. To investigate exposures to (UFP) in domestic environments, and the association with childhood respiratory symptoms in Zongshan, China a modified Thoracic Society questionnaire was completed by 359 households with children. Air quality monitoring took place in 37 households using a P-Trak instrument to determine concentration of UFPs in rooms. The mean number of UFP was 4.1 × 10 4 cm-3. A range of factors was found to be associated with UFP concentration and self-reported childhood respiratory symptoms. In conclusion, the evidence suggests that behavioural and environmental factors contribute to increased UFP concentrations indoors although there was no statistically signification correlation between indoor ultrafine particle concentration and any reported repeated episodes of respiratory symptoms. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14597 10.1177/1010539512472944 Sage Science Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | children indoor environment ultrafine particles China respiratory symptoms Spickett, Jeffery Rumchev, Krassi Jing, H. The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title | The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title_full | The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title_fullStr | The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title_short | The Domestic Environment and Respiratory Health of School Children in Zongshan, China |
| title_sort | domestic environment and respiratory health of school children in zongshan, china |
| topic | children indoor environment ultrafine particles China respiratory symptoms |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14597 |