{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":{"citationCount":0,"reanalysisCount":0,"viewCount":41,"searchCount":0},"additional":{"submitter":["Fleisch AF"],"funding":["NIEHS NIH HHS","NIGMS NIH HHS","NIH HHS"],"pagination":["350-361"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6934936"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["30(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Residential wood stove use has become more prevalent in high-income countries, but only limited data exist on indoor exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and its components.<h4>Methods</h4>From 2014 to 2016, we collected 7-day indoor air samples in 137 homes of pregnant women in Northern New England, using a micro-environmental monitor. We examined associations of wood stove use with PM<sub>2.5</sub> mass and its components [black carbon (BC), organic and elemental carbon and their fractions, and trace elements], adjusted for sampling season, community wood stove use, and indoor activities. We examined impact of stove age, EPA-certification, and wood moisture on indoor pollutants.<h4>Results</h4>Median (IQR) household PM<sub>2.5</sub> was 6.65 (5.02) µg/m<sup>3</sup> and BC was 0.23 (0.20) µg/m<sup>3</sup>. Thirty percent of homes used a wood stove during monitoring. In homes with versus without a stove, PM<sub>2.5</sub> was 20.6% higher [although 95% confidence intervals (-10.6, 62.6) included the null] and BC was 61.5% higher (95% CI: 11.6, 133.6). Elemental carbon (total and fractions 3 and 4), potassium, calcium, and chloride were also higher in homes with a stove. Older stoves, non-EPA-certified stoves, and wet or mixed (versus dry) wood were associated with higher pollutant concentrations, especially BC.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Homes with wood stoves, particularly those that were older and non-EPA-certified or burning wet wood had higher concentrations of indoor air combustion-related pollutants."],"journal":["Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology"],"pubmed_title":["Residential wood stove use and indoor exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and its components in Northern New England."],"pmcid":["PMC6934936"],"funding_grant_id":["P20 GM104416","P42 ES007373","K23 ES024803","UH3 OD023275","R01 ES019853","R01 ES030101","P01 ES022832"],"pubmed_authors":["Baker ER","Karagas MR","Garshick E","Koutrakis P","Rokoff LB","Chipman JW","Grady ST","Fleisch AF"],"view_count":["41"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Residential wood stove use and indoor exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and its components in Northern New England.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Residential wood stove use has become more prevalent in high-income countries, but only limited data exist on indoor exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and its components.<h4>Methods</h4>From 2014 to 2016, we collected 7-day indoor air samples in 137 homes of pregnant women in Northern New England, using a micro-environmental monitor. We examined associations of wood stove use with PM<sub>2.5</sub> mass and its components [black carbon (BC), organic and elemental carbon and their fractions, and trace elements], adjusted for sampling season, community wood stove use, and indoor activities. We examined impact of stove age, EPA-certification, and wood moisture on indoor pollutants.<h4>Results</h4>Median (IQR) household PM<sub>2.5</sub> was 6.65 (5.02) µg/m<sup>3</sup> and BC was 0.23 (0.20) µg/m<sup>3</sup>. Thirty percent of homes used a wood stove during monitoring. In homes with versus without a stove, PM<sub>2.5</sub> was 20.6% higher [although 95% confidence intervals (-10.6, 62.6) included the null] and BC was 61.5% higher (95% CI: 11.6, 133.6). Elemental carbon (total and fractions 3 and 4), potassium, calcium, and chloride were also higher in homes with a stove. Older stoves, non-EPA-certified stoves, and wet or mixed (versus dry) wood were associated with higher pollutant concentrations, especially BC.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Homes with wood stoves, particularly those that were older and non-EPA-certified or burning wet wood had higher concentrations of indoor air combustion-related pollutants.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Mar","modification":"2024-11-06T17:22:23.733Z","creation":"2020-05-22T01:07:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6934936","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31253828"],"doi":["10.1038/s41370-019-0151-4"]}}