Estimation of personal exposures to air pollutants for a community-based study of health effects in asthmatics - design and results of air monitoring

Journal Article · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1985.10466029· OSTI ID:5946501

Stock, T H; Kotchmar, D J; Contant, C F; Buffler, P A; Holguin, A H; Gehan, B M; Noel, L M

A dedicated three-tier air monitoring system was established. This consisted of fixed site ambient air monitoring at the center of each study area, a mobile van performing simultaneous indoor and outdoor measurements at selected residences of study participants, and a limited amount of direct personal monitoring for half of the participants. Laboratory analyses provided concentrations of sulfate, nitrate, and trace elements. Continuous measurements of several meteorological parameters also were obtained. Intensive quality assurance and data validation efforts resulted in a high percentage of valid data for most pollutants. Ozone was the only measured pollutant that exceeded the NAAQS during the six-month (May to October) study period. The monitoring scheme allowed important pollutant concentration differences to be detected between day and night, between indoors and outdoors, and among various indoor environments. The use of these monitoring data in combination with personal activity and household characteristics data to generate estimates of personal exposures for the epidemiological analysis will be described in a subsequent paper.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas Health Service Center, Houston
• OSTI ID: 5946501
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 35:12; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ASTHMA
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
DAILY VARIATIONS
DISEASES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
METEOROLOGY
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
URBAN AREAS
VARIATIONS