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Predictors of Indoor Air Concentrations in Smoking and Non-Smoking Residences
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Heroux, M-E and Clark, N and Van Ryswyk, K and Mallick, R and Gilbert, NL and Harrison, I and Rispler, K and Wang, D and Anastassopoulos, A and Guay, M and MacNeill, M and Wheeler, AJ, Predictors of Indoor Air Concentrations in Smoking and Non-Smoking Residences, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, (8) pp. 3080-3099. ISSN 1660-4601 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3390/ijerph7083080
Abstract
Indoor concentrations of air pollutants (benzene, toluene, formaldehyde,
acetaldehyde, acrolein, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, elemental carbon and ozone)
were measured in residences in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Data were collected in 106
homes in winter and 111 homes in summer of 2007, with 71 homes participating in both
seasons. In addition, data for relative humidity, temperature, air exchange rates, housing
characteristics and occupants’ activities during sampling were collected. Multiple linear
regression analysis was used to construct season-specific models for the air pollutants.
Where smoking was a major contributor to indoor concentrations, separate models were constructed for all homes and for those homes with no cigarette smoke exposure. The
housing characteristics and occupants’ activities investigated in this study explained
between 11% and 53% of the variability in indoor air pollutant concentrations, with
ventilation, age of home and attached garage being important predictors for
many pollutants.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | residential indoor air quality, exposure; sources |
| Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
| Research Group: | Human resources and industrial relations |
| Research Field: | Occupational and workplace health and safety |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
| Objective Field: | Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Wheeler, AJ (Dr Amanda Wheeler) |
| ID Code: | 101110 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 39 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2015-06-10 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-09-16 |
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