title: Distribution features of biological hazardous pollutants in residential environments in Korea.
abstract: This research has been conducted continuously since 2009 as part of a cohort of studies examining relationships between asthma and genetic factors, dietary habits, and environmental factors. Based on data from environmental research on house dust mites and endotoxins, which are widely known as pollutants in bedding that cause asthma in pregnant women and children, this work was conducted to obtain basic data that can be used in future cohort studies that analyze links between distribution of biological hazards and physical features of residential environments. The detection rates of house dust mite allergens, Der p1 and Der f1, were 52.7 and 86.5%, respectively, indicating that Der f1 is a dominant species in domestic indoor environments. According to comparisons between concentrations of house dust mites and endotoxins in bedding of pregnant women and children, Der p1 and endotoxins showed significantly lower concentrations in bedding of pregnant women compared with those in bedding of children, whereas Der f1 showed no significant difference in concentration according to bedding.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea, spica@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Cheol Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yoon Shin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gee Yong
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sun Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Nam Goung
authors.forename: Kyung Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000485:Allergens / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides / Q000032:analysis; D060829:Arthropod Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001512:Bedding and Linens / Q000469:parasitology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000254:growth & development*; D011247:Pregnancy; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D004391:Dust; D004731:Endotoxins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C451159:Dermatophagoides farinae antigen f 1; C451162:Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus antigen p 1