Relating indoor NO2 levels to infant personal exposures |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Environmental Science Engineering, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.;2. New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, U.S.A.;1. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Department of Chemical Safety and Toxicology, D-80538, Munich, Germany;2. Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, D-40237, Düsseldorf, Germany;3. Materials Analytics, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstrasse 10, D-52074, Aachen, Germany;4. Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Ziemssenstrasse 1, D-80336, Munich, Germany;1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione- via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy;2. Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale- Sezione di Igiene, Medicina del Lavoro e Medicina Legale, Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, 16- 80138 Napoli, Campania, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale – DICMAPI, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy;4. Fondazione Università “G. D''Annunzio”- Center of Ageing Science, Unit of Allergy and Immunotoxicology, via dei Vestini, 31- 66100 Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy;1. Société nationale des chemins de fer, cellule de toxicologie, département prévention et santé, 44, rue de Rome, 75008 Paris, France;2. Centre antipoison de Paris, groupe hospitalier Lariboisière-Saint Louis, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, I.K.G.P.T.U Main Campus, Kapurthala, Punjab, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.N.D.E.C, Ludhiana, Punjab, India;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, IKGPTU Kapurthala, Punjab, India |
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| Abstract: | We report here the results of a field survey of personal nitrogen dioxide exposure (PNO2) of infants and simultaneous indoor NO2 levels from various points throughout the infants' homes. Personal nitrogen dioxide levels can be predicted by average room NO2 concentrations when appropriately weighted by infant presence in the room. Bedroom NO2 concentration alone presents an alternative predictor which is more suitable for use in large scale surveys. Because of the typical infant's peculiar time-location patterns, they receive most of their NO2 exposures in bedrooms (65 %)and living rooms (32 %), while the kitchen (5 %) and outdoor environments (> 2%)contribute only a small fraction of daily exposure. Average NO2 exposure during cooking periods can be predicted using passive samplers placed directly over stoves and hours of stove use time. |
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