Nitrogen dioxide inside and outside 137 homes and implications for ambient air quality standards and health effects research

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00109a008· OSTI ID:6218625

Spengler, J D; Duffy, C P; Letz, R; Tibbitts, T W; Ferris, Jr, B G

Week-long integrated nitrogen dioxide (NO/sub 2/) measurements made with diffusion tube samplers inside and outside 137 homes in Portage, Wis., over a 1-year period yielded an annual mean ambient NO/sub 2/ concentration of 0.005-0.008 ppm (10-15 micrograms/m/sub 3/). The large variation of NO/sub 2/ concentrations among homes exhibited by this study was likely due to differences in gas stove use, emission rates, and air-exchange rates, limiting the development of prediction models. In addition, this variation reduces the power of epidemiological studies of respiratory health that use ambient NO/sub 2/ concentration levels, a simple dichotomous description of stove type, and two categories of home cooking fuel to describe exposure.

• Research Organization: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
• OSTI ID: 6218625
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 17; ISSN ESTHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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