Indoor air quality in green vs conventional multifamily low-income housing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7833-7841

  Colton, Meryl D ^a   Macnaughton, Piers ^a   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Kane, John ^b   Bennett Fripp, Mae ^c   Spengler, John D ^a   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Boston Housing Authority   (United States)

^c Committee for Boston Public Housing Boston MA 02120 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NICOTINE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; CONVENTIONAL HOUSING; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LOW-INCOME HOUSING; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME SYMPTOMS;

HOUSING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NICOTINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; LOW INCOME HOUSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HOUSING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904438600     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501489u     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. EPA. U. Exposure Factors Handbook, final edition; Washington, DC 2011.
2. Adamkiewicz, G.; Zota, A. R.; Fabian, M. P.; Chahine, T.; Julien, R.; Spengler, J. D.; Levy, J. I. Moving environmental justice indoors: Understanding structural influences on residential exposure patterns in low-income communities Am. J. Public Health 2011, 101 (Suppl 1) S238-45
3. Samet, J. M.; Spengler, J. D. Indoor environments and health: Moving into the 21st century Am. J. Public Health 2003, 93 (9) 1489-93
4. Jacobs, D. E. Environmental health disparities in housing Am. J. Public Health 2011, 101 (Suppl 1) S115-22
5. Fabian, M. P.; Stout, N. K.; Adamkiewicz, G.; Geggel, A.; Ren, C.; Sandel, M.; Levy, J. I. The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: A discrete event simulation model Environ. Health 2012, 11, 66
6. Hun, D. E.; Siegel, J. A.; Morandi, M. T.; Stock, T. H.; Corsi, R. L. Cancer risk disparities between hispanic and non-hispanic white populations: The role of exposure to indoor air pollution Environ. Health Perspect. 2009, 117 (12) 1925-31
7. Wallace, L. A. Comparison of risks from outdoor and indoor exposure to toxic chemicals Environ. Health Perspect. 1991, 95, 7-13
8. He, C.; Morawska, L.; Hitchins, J.; Gilbert, D. Contribution from indoor sources to particle number and mass concentrations in residential houses Atmos. Environ. 2004, 38 (21) 3405-3415
9. Mendell, M. J. Indoor residential chemical emissions as risk factors for respiratory and allergic effects in children: A review Indoor Air 2007, 17 (4) 259-77
10. IOM. Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures; National Academy Press: Washington, DC, 2000.
11. Adamkiewicz, G.; Spengler, J. D.; Harley, A. E.; Stoddard, A.; Yang, M.; Alvarez-Reeves, M.; Sorensen, G. Environmental Conditions in low-income urban housing: Clustering and associations with self-reported health Am. J. Public Health 2013, 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301253
12. Rauh, V. A.; Landrigan, P. J.; Claudio, L. Housing and health: Intersection of poverty and environmental exposures Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2008, 1136, 276-88
13. Evans, G. W.; Kantrowitz, E. Socioeconomic status and health: The potential role of environmental risk exposure Ann. Rev. Public Health 2002, 23, 303-31
14. Wilson, S. E.; Kahn, R. S.; Khoury, J.; Lanphear, B. P. The role of air nicotine in explaining racial differences in cotinine among tobacco-exposed children Chest 2007, 131 (3) 856-62
15. Simons, E.; Curtin-Brosnan, J.; Buckley, T.; Breysse, P.; Eggleston, P. A. Indoor environmental differences between inner city and suburban homes of children with asthma J. Urban Health 2007, 84 (4) 577-90
16. Carson, V.; Janssen, I. Neighborhood disorder and screen time among 10-16 year old Canadian youth: A cross-sectional study Int. J. behav. Nutr. Phys. Act. 2012, 9, 66
17. Fabian, M. P.; Adamkiewicz, G.; Stout, N. K.; Sandel, M.; Levy, J. I. A simulation model of building intervention impacts on indoor environmental quality, pediatric asthma, and costs J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 2014, 133 (1) 77-84
18. Zota, A.; Adamkiewicz, G.; Levy, J. I.; Spengler, J. D. Ventilation in public housing: Implications for indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations Indoor Air 2005, 15 (6) 393-401
19. Turpin, B. J.; Weisel, C. P.; Morandi, M.; Colome, S.; Stock, T.; Eisenreich, S.; Buckley, B. Relationships of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air (RIOPA): Part II. Analyses of concentrations of particulate matter species Res. Rep.-Health Eff. Inst. 2007, 130 Pt 2) 1-77 discussion 79-92.
20. Fisk, W. J.; Mirer, A. G.; Mendell, M. J. Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates Indoor Air 2009, 19 (2) 159-165
21. Spengler, J.; Adamkiewicz, G. Indoor air pollution: An old problem with new challenges Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6 (11) 2880-2
22. Saegert, S. C.; Klitzman, S.; Freudenberg, N.; Cooperman-Mroczek, J.; Nassar, S. Healthy housing: A structured review of published evaluations of US interventions to improve health by modifying housing in the United States, 1990-2001 Am. J. Public Health 2003, 93 (9) 1471-7
23. Brown, M. J.; Gardner, J.; Sargent, J. D.; Swartz, K.; Hu, H.; Timperi, R. The effectiveness of housing policies in reducing children's lead exposure Am. J. Public Health 2001, 91 (4) 621-4
24. Williams, M. K.; Barr, D. B.; Camann, D. E.; Cruz, L. A.; Carlton, E. J.; Borjas, M.; Reyes, A.; Evans, D.; Kinney, P. L.; Whitehead, R. D., Jr.; Perera, F. P.; Matsoanne, S.; Whyatt, R. M. An intervention to reduce residential insecticide exposure during pregnancy among an inner-city cohort Environ. Health Perspect. 2006, 114 (11) 1684-9
25. Peters, J. L.; Levy, J. I.; Muilenberg, M. L.; Coull, B. A.; Spengler, J. D. Efficacy of integrated pest management in reducing cockroach allergen concentrations in urban public housing J. Asthma 2007, 44 (6) 455-60
26. Krieger, J. W.; Takaro, T. K.; Song, L.; Weaver, M. The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project: A randomized, controlled trial of a community health worker intervention to decrease exposure to indoor asthma triggers Am. J. Public Health 2005, 95 (4) 652-9
27. Adgate, J. L.; Ramachandran, G.; Cho, S. J.; Ryan, A. D.; Grengs, J. Allergen levels in inner city homes: Baseline concentrations and evaluation of intervention effectiveness J. Expos. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2008, 18 (4) 430-40
28. Breysse, J.; Dixon, S.; Gregory, J.; Philby, M.; Jacobs, D. E.; Krieger, J. Effect of weatherization combined with community health worker in-home education on asthma control Am. J. Public Health 2013, 104, e57-e64
29. Brugge, D.; Vallarino, J.; Ascolillo, L.; Osgood, N. D.; Steinbach, S.; Spengler, J. Comparison of multiple environmental factors for asthmatic children in public housing Indoor Air 2003, 13 (1) 18-27
30. Sandel, M.; Phelan, K.; Wright, R.; Hynes, H. P.; Lanphear, B. P. The effects of housing interventions on child health Pediatr. Ann. 2004, 33 (7) 474-81
31. Breysse, J.; Jacobs, D. E.; Weber, W.; Dixon, S.; Kawecki, C.; Aceti, S.; Lopez, J. Health outcomes and green renovation of affordable housing Public Health Rep. 2011, 126 (Suppl 1) 64-75
32. Leech, J. A.; Raizenne, M.; Gusdorf, J. Health in occupants of energy efficient new homes Indoor Air 2004, 14 (3) 169-73
33. Hammond, S. K.; Leaderer, B. P. A diffusion monitor to measure exposure to passive smoking Environ. Sci. Technol. 1987, 21 (5) 494-497
34. Dietz, R.; Goodrich, R.; Cote, E.; Wiser, R., Detailed description and performance of passive perfluorocarbon tracer system for building ventilation and air exchange measurements. In Measured Air Leakage of Buildings; Heinz, R.; Trechsel, P. L. L., Eds.; ASTM international: Philadelphia, PA, 1986.
35. Mossey, J. M.; Shapiro, E. Self-rated health: A predictor of mortality among the elderly Am. J. Public Health 1982, 72 (8) 800-8
36. Brugge, D.; Melly, S.; Russell, M.; Perez, R.; Heeren, T.; Snell, J.; Helms, D.; Hynes, H. P. A community-based participatory survey of public housing conditions and associations between renovations and possible building related symptoms Epidemiology 2004, 15 (4) S132
37. Brightman, H. S.; Milton, D. K.; Wypij, D.; Burge, H. A.; Spengler, J. D. Evaluating building-related symptoms using the US EPA BASE study results Indoor Air 2008, 18 (4) 335-45
38. Tam, J.; Warner, K. E.; Gillespie, B. W.; Gillespie, J. A. The Impact of Changing U.S. Demographics on the Decline in Smoking Prevalence, 1980-2010 Nicotine Tob. Res. 2014, 10.1093/ntr/ntt223
39. CDC (2009) Adult Asthma Data: Prevalence Tables and Maps. http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/09/current/tableC1.htm.
40. Baxter, L. K.; Clougherty, J. E.; Laden, F.; Levy, J. I. Predictors of concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, fine particulate matter, and particle constituents inside of lower socioeconomic status urban homes J. Expos. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2007, 17 (5) 433-44
41. Kraev, T. A.; Adamkiewicz, G.; Hammond, S. K.; Spengler, J. D. Indoor concentrations of nicotine in low-income, multi-unit housing: Associations with smoking behaviours and housing characteristics Tob. Control 2009, 18 (6) 438-44
42. Yamamoto, N.; Shendell, D. G.; Winer, A. M.; Zhang, J. Residential air exchange rates in three major US metropolitan areas: Results from the Relationship Among Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air Study 1999-2001 Indoor Air 2010, 20 (1) 85-90
43. Noris, F.; Adamkiewicz, G.; Delp, W. W.; Hotchi, T.; Russell, M.; Singer, B. C.; Spears, M.; Vermeer, K.; Fisk, W. J. Indoor environmental quality benefits of apartment energy retrofits Build. Environ. 2013, 68, 170-178
44. Breysse, P. N.; Diette, G. B.; Matsui, E. C.; Butz, A. M.; Hansel, N. N.; McCormack, M. C. Indoor air pollution and asthma in children Proc. Am. Thorac. Soc. 2010, 7 (2) 102-6
45. Law, M. R.; Hackshaw, A. K. Environmental tobacco smoke Brit. Med. Bull. 1996, 52 (1) 22-34
46. Samet, J. M.; Marbury, M. C.; Spengler, J. D. Health effects and sources of indoor air pollution. Part I Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1987, 136 (6) 1486-508
47. Basu, R.; Samet, J. M. A review of the epidemiological evidence on health effects of nitrogen dioxide exposure from gas stoves J. Environ. Med. 1999, 1 (4) 173-187