Air Pollution, Indoor

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Activation of Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Nuclear Receptors (PPARγ1) by Semi-Volatile Compounds (SVOCs) and Chemical Mixtures in Indoor Dust. 
  • Air concentrations of VOCs in portable and traditional classrooms: results of a pilot study in Los Angeles County. 
  • An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 infection following exposure to a contaminated building. 
  • Associations between PBDEs in office air, dust, and surface wipes. 
  • Associations of neighborhood concentrated poverty, neighborhood racial/ethnic composition, and indoor allergen exposures: a cross-sectional analysis of los angeles households, 2006-2008. 
  • Bioaerosol emissions associated with pit latrine emptying operations. 
  • Biogas Stoves Reduce Firewood Use, Household Air Pollution, and Hospital Visits in Odisha, India. 
  • Biomass fuel smoke exposure was associated with adverse cardiac remodeling and left ventricular dysfunction in Peru. 
  • Characterization of Adipogenic Activity of House Dust Extracts and Semi-Volatile Indoor Contaminants in 3T3-L1 Cells. 
  • Characterization of adipogenic, PPARγ, and TRβ activities in house dust extracts and their associations with organic contaminants. 
  • Characterization of infectious aerosols in health care facilities: an aid to effective engineering controls and preventive strategies. 
  • Characterization of non-methane hydrocarbons emitted from various cookstoves used in China. 
  • Chemical contaminant exposures assessed using silicone wristbands among occupants in office buildings in the USA, UK, China, and India. 
  • Children's microenvironmental exposure to PM_2.5 and ozone and the impact of indoor air filtration. 
  • Chlordanes in the indoor and outdoor air of three U.S. cities. 
  • Chlorpyrifos accumulation patterns for child-accessible surfaces and objects and urinary metabolite excretion by children for 2 weeks after crack-and-crevice application. 
  • Combined use of an electrostatic precipitator and a high-efficiency particulate air filter in building ventilation systems: Effects on cardiorespiratory health indicators in healthy adults. 
  • Comment on "Mutagenic Azo Dyes, Rather Than Flame Retardants, Are the Predominant Brominated Compounds in House Dust". 
  • Comparing the Use of Silicone Wristbands, Hand Wipes, And Dust to Evaluate Children's Exposure to Flame Retardants and Plasticizers. 
  • Comparison of current and past surgical smoke control practices. 
  • Comparison of home lead dust reduction techniques on hard surfaces: the New Jersey assessment of cleaning techniques trial. 
  • Comparison of techniques to reduce residential lead dust on carpet and upholstery: the new jersey assessment of cleaning techniques trial. 
  • Control of air quality in an assisted reproductive technology laboratory. 
  • Crawl spaces as reservoirs for transmission of mold to the livable part of the home environment. 
  • Current state of the science: health effects and indoor environmental quality. 
  • Deaths Attributable to Indoor PM_2.5 in Urban China When Outdoor Air Meets 2021 WHO Air Quality Guidelines. 
  • Demographic and historical findings, including exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, in dogs with chronic cough. 
  • Demonstrating bias and improved inference for stoves' health benefits. 
  • Detection of organophosphate flame retardants in furniture foam and U.S. house dust. 
  • Effect of residential air cleaning interventions on risk of cancer associated with indoor semi-volatile organic compounds: a comprehensive simulation study. 
  • Effect-Directed Analysis of Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Nuclear Receptors (PPARγ1) Ligands in Indoor Dust. 
  • Effects of air pollution on children's respiratory health in three Chinese cities. 
  • Effects of surface type and relative humidity on the production and concentration of nitrous acid in a model indoor environment. 
  • Emissions of air pollutants from household stoves: honeycomb coal versus coal cake. 
  • Environmental factors in cancer: focus on air pollution. 
  • Exemptions for hookah bars in clean indoor air legislation: a public health concern. 
  • Exposure to flame retardant chemicals on commercial airplanes. 
  • Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds among recently pregnant rural Guatemalan women cooking and heating with solid fuels. 
  • Exposure-response relationships between lifetime exposure to residential coal smoke and respiratory symptoms and illnesses in Chinese children. 
  • Factor analysis of household factors: are they associated with respiratory conditions in Chinese children? 
  • Fine organic particulate matter dominates indoor-generated PM2.5 in RIOPA homes. 
  • Functional group characterization of indoor, outdoor, and personal PM: results from RIOPA. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. 
  • Health effects associated with faulty application of spray polyurethane foam in residential homes. 
  • Health effects of a mixture of indoor air volatile organics, their ozone oxidation products, and stress. 
  • High lead exposures resulting from pottery production in a village in Michoacán State, Mexico. 
  • Household Air Pollution Is Associated with Altered Cardiac Function among Women in Kenya. 
  • Household air pollution from coal and biomass fuels in China: measurements, health impacts, and interventions. 
  • How does infiltration behavior modify the composition of ambient PM2.5 in indoor spaces? An analysis of RIOPA data. 
  • Hydrocarbon emissions and health risks from cookstoves in developing countries. 
  • Identifying transfer mechanisms and sources of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in indoor environments using environmental forensic microscopy. 
  • Impacts of implementing Healthy Building guidelines for daily PM_2.5 limit on premature deaths and economic losses in urban China: A population-based modeling study. 
  • Implementation Science to Accelerate Clean Cooking for Public Health. 
  • Indoor air pollution and lung function growth among children in four Chinese cities. 
  • Indoor air pollution from biomass combustion and respiratory symptoms of women and children in a Zimbabwean village. 
  • Indoor air pollution: a global health concern. 
  • Indoor and Outdoor Radon Concentration Levels in Lebanon. 
  • Influence of ambient (outdoor) sources on residential indoor and personal PM2.5 concentrations: analyses of RIOPA data. 
  • Linking PBDEs in house dust to consumer products using X-ray fluorescence. 
  • Mapping development and health effects of cooking with solid fuels in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-18: a geospatial modelling study. 
  • Measuring Personal Exposure to Organophosphate Flame Retardants Using Silicone Wristbands and Hand Wipes. 
  • Mineral fiber content of lung tissue in patients with environmental exposures: household contacts vs. building occupants. 
  • Monitoring indoor exposure to organophosphate flame retardants: hand wipes and house dust. 
  • Mosquito coil emissions and health implications. 
  • Nasal effects of a mixture of volatile organic compounds and their ozone oxidation products. 
  • Negative ions offset cardiorespiratory benefits of PM_2.5 reduction from residential use of negative ion air purifiers. 
  • Ozone and limonene in indoor air: a source of submicron particle exposure. 
  • Ozone in urban China: Impact on mortalities and approaches for establishing indoor guideline concentrations. 
  • Ozone, Electrostatic Precipitators, and Particle Number Concentrations: Correlations Observed in a Real Office during Working Hours. 
  • Ozone-initiated chemistry in an occupied simulated aircraft cabin. 
  • Ozone-initiated reactions with mixtures of volatile organic compounds under simulated indoor conditions. 
  • PM2.5 of ambient origin: estimates and exposure errors relevant to PM epidemiology. 
  • Personal Exposure to PM_2.5 Oxidative Potential in Association with Pulmonary Pathophysiologic Outcomes in Children with Asthma. 
  • Personal exposure to particles in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. 
  • Personal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in residential indoor air. 
  • Piloting improved cookstoves in India. 
  • Polyfluorinated compounds in serum linked to indoor air in office environments. 
  • Preliminary study of propyl bromide exposure among New Jersey dry cleaners as a result of a pending ban on perchloroethylene. 
  • Real-time measurements of PM_2.5 and ozone to assess the effectiveness of residential indoor air filtration in Shanghai homes. 
  • Reducing Indoor Levels of "Outdoor PM_2.5 " in Urban China: Impact on Mortalities. 
  • Relationship of Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA) study: study design, methods and quality assurance/control results. 
  • Relationships between personal, indoor, and outdoor exposures to trace elements in PM(2.5). 
  • Relationships of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air (RIOPA). Part I. Collection methods and descriptive analyses. 
  • Residential air exchange rates in three major US metropolitan areas: results from the Relationship Among Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air Study 1999-2001. 
  • Rodent thyroid, liver, and fetal testis toxicity of the monoester metabolite of bis-(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (tbph), a novel brominated flame retardant present in indoor dust. 
  • Seasonal changes in airborne fungi and bacteria at a dairy cattle concentrated animal feeding operation in the southwest United States. 
  • Solid Fuel Use and Risks of Respiratory Diseases. A Cohort Study of 280,000 Chinese Never-Smokers. 
  • Solid fuel use, socioeconomic indicators and risk of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study in a rural area of Sichuan, China. 
  • Sources of organic acids in indoor air: a field study. 
  • Sources of volatile organic compounds in suburban homes in Shanghai, China, and the impact of air filtration on compound concentrations 
  • Strobilurin fungicides in house dust: is wallboard a source? 
  • The WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021 promote great challenge for indoor air. 
  • The benefits of action to reduce household air pollution (BAR-HAP) model: A new decision support tool. 
  • The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • The impact of household air cleaners on the chemical composition and children's exposure to PM_2.5 metal sources in suburban Shanghai. 
  • The impact of household air cleaners on the oxidative potential of PM_2.5 and the role of metals and sources associated with indoor and outdoor exposure. 
  • The influence of air cleaners on indoor particulate matter components and oxidative potential in residential households in Beijing. 
  • The relationship between symptoms and IgG and IgE antibodies in an office environment. 
  • Thyroid receptor antagonism as a contributory mechanism for adipogenesis induced by environmental mixtures in 3T3-L1 cells. 
  • Typical household vacuum cleaners: the collection efficiency and emissions characteristics for fine particles. 
  • Use of behavior change techniques in clean cooking interventions: a review of the evidence and scorecard of effectiveness. 
  • Using charcoal as base material reduces mosquito coil emissions of toxins. 
  • Who adopts improved fuels and cookstoves? A systematic review. 
  • Why Indoor Chemistry Matters: A National Academies Consensus Report.