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© 1985 Oxford University Press

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Indoor Air Pollution and its Effect on Pulmonary Function of Adult Non-Smoking Women: I. Exposure Estimates for Nitrogen Dioxide and Passive Smoking

BREGT REMIJN*, PAUL FISCHER*, BERT BRUNEKREEF*, ERIK LEBRET*, JAN S M BOLEIJ{dagger} and DOOK NOIJ*

*Department of Environmental Health and Tropical Hygiene, Agriculture University Gen, Foulkesweg,43,6703 BM WAGERNINGEN The Netherlands
{dagger}Department of Air Pollution, Agricultural University De Dreijen 12, 6703 BC WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands

Remijn B (Department of Environmental Health and Tropical Hygiene, Agricultural University, Gen. Foulkesweg 43, 6703 BM, Wageningen, The Netherlands), Fischer P, Brunekreef B, Lebret E, Boleij J S M and Noij D. Indoor air pollution and its effect on pulmonary function of adult non-smoking women: 1. Exposure estimates for nitrogen dioxide and passive smoking. International Journal of Epidemiology 1985, 14: 215–220.

The potential effects of indoor NO2 and tobacco smoke on the respiratory system were studied using pulmonary function data from a longitudinal study.

In 1982, NO2 was measured in 163 homes of non-smoking adult women and detailed information on smoking inside the house was gathered over the period 1965–1982. Personal exposure to NO2 was calculated from the measured levels and the activity pattern of the study population (range 11–139 µg NO2/m3). Historical exposure was estimated using regression models of NO2 on house characteristics. It is shown that estimation of historical exposure to indoor NO2 on the basis of house characteristics only is, at present, too inaccurate for use in epidemiological studies. Actual measurement of NO2 is unavoidable for exposure assessment in health effect studies of indoor exposure to NO2.

Received 1 July 1984


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