Control of asthma triggers in indoor air with air cleaners: a modeling analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reducing exposure to environmental agents indoors shown to increase asthma symptoms or lead to asthma exacerbations is an important component of a strategy to manage asthma for individuals. Numerous investigations have demonstrated that portable air cleaning devices can reduce concentrations of asthma triggers in indoor air; however, their benefits for breathing problems have not always been reproducible. The potential exposure benefits of whole house high efficiency in-duct air cleaners for sensitive subpopulations have yet to be evaluated.

Methods

We used an indoor air quality modeling system (CONTAM) developed by NIST to examine peak and time-integrated concentrations of common asthma triggers present in indoor air over a year as a function of natural ventilati

SUBMITTER: Myatt TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2543006 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature