Dose response for selected environmental air pollutants: A study on runners: Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5327536

Silverman, F

This study examined the effects of air pollution on runners during outdoor training runs in downtown Toronto from 1985-88. Subjects were selected from the Longboat Roadrunners Club, a local competitive group which carries out weekly training runs of 10-16 km in downtown Toronto and along the Lakeshore transportation corridor during rush hour. Pulmonary function and an oxygen rebreathing estimate of blood carboxyhaemoglobin level were obtained before and after 75 training runs involving 70 athletes. Subjective reports of symptoms and a personal estimate of exposure to air pollution over the run were noted. Local pollutant concentrations including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and respirable suspended particulate matter, along with dry bulb temperature and relative humidity, were measured using portable multipollutant samplers.

• Research Organization: Environmental Research Program, Toronto, ON (Canada)
• OSTI ID: 5327536
• Report Number(s): MIC-91-03710/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LUNGS
SENSITIVITY
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
ONTARIO
AIR POLLUTION
PARTICULATES
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CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
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MAMMALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
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ORGANS
OXIDES
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