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Title: Mutagenicity of indoor air particles in a residential pilot field study: application and evaluation of new methodologies

Abstract

The mutagenicity of indoor air-particulate matter was measured in a pilot field study of homes in Columbus, Ohio, during the 1984 winter. The study was conducted in eight all-natural-gas homes and two all-electric homes. Particulate matter and semi-volatile organic compounds were collected indoors using a medium-volume sampler. A micro-forward mutation bioassay employing Salmonella typhimurium strain TM 677 was used to quantify the mutagenicity in solvent extracts of microgram quantities of indoor air particles. The mutagenicity was quantified in terms of both mutation frequency per mg of organic matter extracted and per cubic meter of air sampled. The combustion-source variables explored in this study included woodburning in fireplaces and cigarette smoking. Homes in which cigarette smoking occurred had the highest concentrations of mutagenicity per cubic meter of air.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Health Effects Research Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6079182
Report Number(s):
PB-87-198792/XAB; EPA-600/J-87/029
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Pub. in Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 21, No. 2, 443-449(1987)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATES; MUTAGENESIS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; BIOASSAY; MUTAGENS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; PARTICLES; POLLUTION; 500200* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Lewtas, J, Goto, S, Williams, K, Chuang, J C, and Petersen, B A. Mutagenicity of indoor air particles in a residential pilot field study: application and evaluation of new methodologies. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Lewtas, J, Goto, S, Williams, K, Chuang, J C, & Petersen, B A. Mutagenicity of indoor air particles in a residential pilot field study: application and evaluation of new methodologies. United States.
Lewtas, J, Goto, S, Williams, K, Chuang, J C, and Petersen, B A. 1987. "Mutagenicity of indoor air particles in a residential pilot field study: application and evaluation of new methodologies". United States.
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title = {Mutagenicity of indoor air particles in a residential pilot field study: application and evaluation of new methodologies},
author = {Lewtas, J and Goto, S and Williams, K and Chuang, J C and Petersen, B A},
abstractNote = {The mutagenicity of indoor air-particulate matter was measured in a pilot field study of homes in Columbus, Ohio, during the 1984 winter. The study was conducted in eight all-natural-gas homes and two all-electric homes. Particulate matter and semi-volatile organic compounds were collected indoors using a medium-volume sampler. A micro-forward mutation bioassay employing Salmonella typhimurium strain TM 677 was used to quantify the mutagenicity in solvent extracts of microgram quantities of indoor air particles. The mutagenicity was quantified in terms of both mutation frequency per mg of organic matter extracted and per cubic meter of air sampled. The combustion-source variables explored in this study included woodburning in fireplaces and cigarette smoking. Homes in which cigarette smoking occurred had the highest concentrations of mutagenicity per cubic meter of air.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
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