Exposure to phthalates in house dust: Community-based participatory research in a central California county on low-to middle-income older adults with asthma and/or COPD

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2503-2508

  Shendell, Derek G ^a,b,c   Lin, Lin ^c,d   Fan, Zhihua ^c,e   Yamamoto, Naomichi ^f,g   Mizan, Samina ^b   Annor, Samuel D ^a   Foster, Christine ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Yale University   (United States)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h Clinical Education Respiratory Therapy Program   (United States)

ⁱ Tulare County Asthma Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dust; Home indoor environment; Phthalates; Semi volatile organics; Wipe sampling

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; ORGANICS; PHTHALATES; WIPE SAMPLINGS;

DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PLASTICIZERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ESTERS;

EID: 84880552670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. ASHRAE. 1992. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-1992, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy. Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
2. ASTM. 2003. E 1728-03, "Standard Practice for Collection of Settled Dust Samples Using Wipe Sampling Methods for Subsequent Lead Determination," and E 1792, Specification for Wipe Sampling Materials for Lead in Surface Dust."
3. Shendell, DG, Foster C, Sexton J, Roden J, Yamamoto N, Kelly SW, Chandler L, Venables M, Williams S, Burr S, Wagenleitner V, Anderson N. 2010. Knowledge and awareness of symptoms and treatment among low-to middle-income older adults with asthma and/or COPD: Community-based participatory research in a central California county. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, in press (as of November 8, 2010).