Comment on the Word 'Cooling' as it is Used in Beam Physics

Sessler, Andrew M

Title: Comment on the Word 'Cooling' as it is Used in Beam Physics

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences recently completed a critical review of the scientific literature pertaining to the association of indoor dampness and mold contamination with adverse health effects. In this paper, we report the results of quantitative meta-analysis of the studies reviewed in the IOM report. We developed point estimates and confidence intervals (CIs) to summarize the association of several respiratory and asthma-related health outcomes with the presence of dampness and mold in homes. The odds ratios and confidence intervals from the original studies were transformed to the log scale and random effect models were applied to the log odds ratios and their variance. Models were constructed both accounting for the correlation between multiple results within the studies analyzed and ignoring such potential correlation. Central estimates of ORs for the health outcomes ranged from 1.32 to 2.10, with most central estimates between 1.3 and 1.8. Confidence intervals (95%) excluded unity except in two of 28 instances, and in most cases the lower bound of the CI exceeded 1.2. In general, the two meta-analysis methods produced similar estimates for ORs and CIs. Based on the results of the meta-analyses, building dampness and mold are associatedmore »« less

Authors:: Sessler, Andrew M

Publication Date:: Sat Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2005

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic EnergySciences

OSTI Identifier:: 881618

Report Number(s):: LBNL-59536; CBP Note - 729
R&D Project: 453201; BnR: KA1501020; TRN: US0602935

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: International Workshop on Beam Cooling andRelated Topics, COOL05, Galena, IL, September 18-23,2005

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BEAM COOLING; CONTAMINATION; MEDICINE; PHYSICS; RECOMMENDATIONS; Beam Cooling

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  abstractNote = {The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences recently completed a critical review of the scientific literature pertaining to the association of indoor dampness and mold contamination with adverse health effects. In this paper, we report the results of quantitative meta-analysis of the studies reviewed in the IOM report. We developed point estimates and confidence intervals (CIs) to summarize the association of several respiratory and asthma-related health outcomes with the presence of dampness and mold in homes. The odds ratios and confidence intervals from the original studies were transformed to the log scale and random effect models were applied to the log odds ratios and their variance. Models were constructed both accounting for the correlation between multiple results within the studies analyzed and ignoring such potential correlation. Central estimates of ORs for the health outcomes ranged from 1.32 to 2.10, with most central estimates between 1.3 and 1.8. Confidence intervals (95%) excluded unity except in two of 28 instances, and in most cases the lower bound of the CI exceeded 1.2. In general, the two meta-analysis methods produced similar estimates for ORs and CIs. Based on the results of the meta-analyses, building dampness and mold are associated with approximately 30% to 80% increases in a variety of respiratory and asthma-related health outcomes. The results of these meta-analyses reinforce the IOM's recommendation that actions be taken to prevent and reduce building dampness problems.},

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