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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
In epidemiological studies, investigators have routinely used ambient air concentrations, measured by air-quality monitoring networks, to assess exposure of subjects. When there is great spatial variability of ambient air concentrations or when there are specific indoor exposures, this approach may yield substantial exposure misclassification and distort the associations between exposure and the health endpoints of interest. In 3 French metropolitan areas, the cross-sectional relationships between 48 hr of nitrogen dioxide personal exposure of 73 children and the corresponding 48-hr background ambient air concentrations were analyzed. The crude correlation between ambient air concentrations and personal exposures was poor in all cities (r2 = .009 for Grenoble, r2 = .04 for Toulouse, and r2 = .02 for Paris). These correlations were improved when the authors took into account other ambient air or indoor air sources of nitrogen dioxide emissions (the corresponding multiple linear regression, r2, increased to .43 in Grenoble, .50 in Toulouse, and .37 in Paris). The main variables that explained personal exposures were an index of traffic intensity and proximity and use of a gas cooker at home. The results of this study confirm that ambient air-monitoring site measurements are poor predictors of personal exposure. Investigators should carefully characterize the proximity of roads occupied by dense traffic to the home/school as well as indoor sources of nitric oxide emissions; both of these careful characterizations will assist researchers in the prediction of personal exposure in epidemiological studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-9896
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
336-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Air Pollution, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Air Pollution, Indoor, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Automobile Driving, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Bias (Epidemiology), pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Child Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Cooking, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Environmental Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Environmental Monitoring, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Epidemiologic Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-France, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Nitrogen Dioxide, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Oxidants, Photochemical, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Urban Health, pubmed-meshheading:11572277-Vehicle Emissions
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationships between nitrogen dioxide personal exposure and ambient air monitoring measurements among children in three French metropolitan areas: VESTA study.
pubmed:affiliation
Public Health Department, School of Medicine, Grenoble University, La Tronche, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies