Woodstoves, Formaldehyde, and Respiratory Disease

Tuthill, Robert W.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113966

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“…Subjective questionnaire-based assessment of household dampness has been associated with an increase in household fungi spore counts (27). Our questions on stove or fireplace use were based on previous studies of the respiratory effects of gas stove, kerosene heaters, and wood-burning fireplaces and stoves (31,49 (51), there is reason to believe that children with chronic sore throats may be especially sensitive to emissions from gas stoves and wood-burning fireplaces. However, because the precision of our estimates was low due to small sample size, additional research is needed to confirm the existence of this association.…”

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confidence: 99%

Indoor Risk Factors for Asthma and Wheezing among Seattle School Children

Maier¹,

Arrighi²,

Morray³

et al. 1997

Environmental Health Perspectives

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Indoor Risk Factors for Asthma and Wheezing among Seattle School Children

Maier¹,

Arrighi²,

Morray³

et al. 1997

Environmental Health Perspectives

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“…Symptoms may temporarily impair performance of normal activities even in healthy subjects. Wood smoke, indoors and out, other forms of particulate indoors (especially ETS), and indoor formaldehyde (HCHO) exposures have acute effects on symptoms, especially in children [108,115,159,161,176,214].…”

Section: Other Acute Respiratory Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiological studies of the respiratory effects of air pollution

Lebowitz¹

1996

Eur Respir J

112

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Environmental epidemiological studies of the health effects of air pollution have been major contributors to the understanding of such effects. The chronic effects of atmospheric pollutants have been studied, but, except for the known respiratory effects of particulate matter (PM), they have not been studied conclusively. There are ongoing studies of the chronic effects of certain pollutant classes, such as ozone, acid rain, airborne toxics, and the chemical form of PM (including diesel exhaust).Acute effects on humans due to outdoor and indoor exposures to several gases/fumes and PM have been demonstrated in epidemiological studies. However, the effects of these environmental factors on susceptible individuals are not known conclusively. These acute effects are especially important because they increase the human burden of minor illnesses, increase disability, and are thought to decrease productivity. They may be related to the increased likelihood of chronic disease as well. Further research is needed in this latter area, to determine the contributions of the time-related activities of individuals in different microenvironments (outdoors, in homes, in transit). Key elements of further studies are the assessment of total exposure to the different pollutants (occurring from indoor and outdoor sources) and the interactive effects of pollutants.Major research areas include determination of the contributions of indoor sources and of vehicle emissions to total exposure, how to measure such exposures, and how to measure human susceptibility and responses (including those at the cellular and molecular level). Biomarkers of exposures, doses and responses, including immunochemicals, biochemicals and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) adducts, are beginning to promote some basic knowledge of exposure-response, especially the mechanisms. These will be extremely useful additions to standard physiological, immunological, and clinical instruments, and the understanding of biological plausibility. The outcomes of all this work will be the management of risks and the prevention of respiratory diseases related to air pollution. Eur Respir J., 1996Respir J., , 9, 1029Respir J., -1054 This work was supported by USA-NHLBI SCOR Grant HL14136.Previously published reviews of this series 1. Sandström T. Respiratory effects of air pollutants: experimental studies in humans. Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 976-995. 2. Chitano P, Hosselet JJ, Mapp CE, Fabbri LM. Effects of oxidant air pollutants on the respiratory system: insights from experimental animal research. Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 1357-1371. Heyder J, Takenaka S. Long-term canine exposure studies with ambient air pollutants. Eur Respir J 1996; 9: 571-584. This review of epidemiological studies of the respiratory effects of exposures to air pollutants follows excellent reviews of experimental studies in animals and humans that have recently appeared in the Journal [1][2][3]. It has relied both on prior reviews of the topic and on the extensive literature of the major research reports...

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“…The study subjects were elementary school children up to the sixthgrade from Western Massachusetts. Although64 % of children from homes heated with WBS had at least one acute respiratory episodeand 22.5% had at least two episodes, occurrence in controls was not found to be significantly different (39).…”

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Approaches for assessing health risks from complex mixtures in indoor air: a panel overview.

Henry

Fishbein

Meggs

et al. 1991

Environ Health Perspect

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Critical to a more definitive human health assessment of the potential health risks from exposure to complex mixtures in indoor air is the need for a more definitive clinical measure and etiology of the health effects of complex mixtures. This panel overview highlights six of the eight presentations of the conference panel discussion and features a number of the major topical areas of indoor air concern. W. G. Meggs assessed clinical research priorities with primary focus on the role of volatile organic chemicals in human health, recognizing the areas where definitive data are lacking. By recognizing many types of chemical sensitivity, it may be possible to design studies that can illuminate the mechanisms by which chemical exposure may cause disease. The critically important topic of multiple chemical sensitivity was discussed by N. A. Ashford, who identified four high risk groups and defined the demographics of these groups. P. A. Schulte addressed the issue of biological markers of susceptibility with specific considerations of both methodological and societal aspects that may be operative in the ability to detect innate or inborne differences between individuals and populations. Three case studies were reviewed. H. Anderson discussed the past and present priorities from a public health perspective, focusing on those issues dealing with exposures to environmental tobacco smoke and formaldehyde off-gassing from materials used in mobile home construction. J. J. Osborne described several case studies involving wood smoke exposure to children, with emphasis on the significantly greater occurrence of chronic respiratory symptoms and acute chest illness for children from homes heated with woodburning stoves.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Woodstoves, Formaldehyde, and Respiratory Disease

Cited by 54 publications

References 2 publications

Indoor Risk Factors for Asthma and Wheezing among Seattle School Children

Indoor Risk Factors for Asthma and Wheezing among Seattle School Children

Epidemiological studies of the respiratory effects of air pollution

Approaches for assessing health risks from complex mixtures in indoor air: a panel overview.

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