Indoor air quality risk factors for severe lower respiratory tract infections in Inuit infants in Baffin region, Nunavut : a pilot study

Kovesi T., Creery D., Gilbert N.L., Dales R., Fugler D., Thompson B., Randhawa N., Miller J.D.
Year:
2006
Bibliographic info:
Indoor air 4/2006, Vol 16 n° 4, pp 266-275

In so far as most Inuit infants suffer from severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI) a pilot study was conducted in the home of 20 Inuit children during extreme cold weather conditions to obtain data on IAQ and to identify and classify risk factors for LRTI.
NO2, nicotine, relative humidity and temperature were monitored simultaneously over 7 days. Air leakage and natural air changes were determined too. Potential risk factors related to IAQ for viral LRTI were observed, such as reduction of air exchange and environmental tobacco smoke exposure.

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