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Pediatr Pulmonol

Title:		Levels of pollutants in indoor air and respiratory health in preschool children: a systematic review
Author(s):		Fuentes-Leonarte V; Tenias JM; Ballester F;
Address:		"Research Foundation, Hospital La Fe. CIBERESP, Valencia, Spain. fuentes_vir@gva.es"
Journal Title:		Pediatr Pulmonol
Year:		2009
Volume:		44
Issue:		3
Page Number:		231 - 243
DOI:		10.1002/ppul.20965
ISSN/ISBN:		1099-0496 (Electronic) 1099-0496 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The aim of this paper is thus to identify, evaluate, and summarize in a systematic fashion all the epidemiological studies that have analyzed the association between exposure to specific indoor air pollutants and respiratory disease among children under the age of five. A search was carried out in the main biomedical bibliographic sources in December 2006 and updated in February 2008. The study period covered 12 years (1996-2007). All the selected papers were carefully read. We focused on studies that analyzed at least one indicator of respiratory health and which included one or more indoor air pollutants in relation to the respiratory health of children under the age of 5. Studies that analyzed passive smoking as the sole source of indoor air pollution were not included. Fourteen studies were considered to be relevant. The most analyzed pollutant was nitrogen dioxide, followed by volatile organic compounds, airborne particulates and other pollutants; phthalates and CO(2). The literature reviewed within our criteria seems to indicate that several indoor pollutants, even at the moderate levels found in the developed countries, could be harmful to the respiratory health of very young children. Future research should focus on conducting more studies, preferably making use of cohorts, with adequate techniques for measuring indoor pollution levels"
Keywords:		"Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis Causality Child, Preschool Environmental Monitoring/*statistics & numerical data Epidemiological Monitoring Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Lung Diseases/*epidemiology Nitric Oxide/analysis Particulate Matter/analysis Volatile;"
Notes:		"MedlineFuentes-Leonarte, Virginia Tenias, Jose M Ballester, Ferran eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Systematic Review 2009/02/12 Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Mar; 44(3):231-43. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20965"