title: Importance of the indoor environment in air pollution exposure.
abstract: A portable personal air pollution sampler was used to measure the exposure of twenty children to respirable particulates, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide over a 24-hour period. Particulate exposures were significantly higher among children who lived with one or more smokers, and exceeded the primary air quality standard in nineteen of the twenty subjects. To a large extent, an individual's respirable particulate load appears to be determined by exposure to indoor rather than outdoor pollutants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000393:Air Pollutants; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide; D012907:Smoking; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide