Indoor air pollutants and health in the United Arab Emirates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive global data on the health effects of indoor air pollutants are lacking. There are few large population-based multi-air pollutant health assessments. Further, little is known about indoor air health risks in the Middle East, especially in countries undergoing rapid economic development.

Objectives

To provide multifactorial indoor air exposure and health data, we conducted a population-based study of indoor air pollution and health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study in a population-based sample of 628 households in the UAE. Indoor air pollutants [sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), formaldehyde (HCHO), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter] were measured using

SUBMITTER: Yeatts KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346777 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature