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Effectiveness of portable HEPA air cleaners on reducing indoor PM 2.5 and NH 3 in an agricultural cohort of children with asthma: A randomized intervention trial
- Source :
- Indoor air
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- We conducted a randomized trial of portable HEPA air cleaners with pre-filters designed to also reduce NH3 in non-smoking homes of children age 6-12 with asthma in Yakima Valley (Washington, USA). Participants were recruited through the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic asthma education program. All participants received education on home triggers while intervention families additionally received two HEPA cleaners (child's sleeping area, main living area). Fourteen-day integrated samples of PM2.5 and NH3 were measured at baseline and one-year follow-up. We fit ANCOVA models to compare follow-up concentrations in HEPA versus control homes, adjusting for baseline concentrations. Seventy-one households (36 HEPA, 35 control) completed the study. Most were single-family homes, with electric heat and stove, A/C, dogs/cats, and mean (SD) 5.3 (1.8) occupants. In the sleeping area, baseline geometric mean (GSD) PM2.5 was 10.7 (2.3) µg/m3 (HEPA) versus 11.2 (1.9) µg/m3 (control); in the living area, it was 12.5 (2.3) µg/m3 (HEPA) vs. 13.6 (1.9) µg/m3 (control). Baseline sleeping area NH3 was 62.4 (1.6) µg/m3 (HEPA) vs. 65.2 (1.8) µg/m3 (control). At follow-up, HEPA families had 60% (95% CI, 41%-72%; p < 0.0001) and 42% (19%-58%; p = 0.002) lower sleeping and living area PM2.5 , respectively, consistent with prior studies. NH3 reductions were not observed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Environmental Engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
PM2.5
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Air cleaner
Article
law.invention
Cohort Studies
Dogs
children
Randomized controlled trial
law
HEPA
Environmental health
randomized trial
Animals
Humans
Medicine
Farm workers
Air Conditioning
Intervention trial
Child
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Asthma
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Agriculture
Building and Construction
asthma
medicine.disease
Air Filters
NH3
Research Design
Air Pollution, Indoor
Cohort
Cats
HEPA cleaners
Particulate Matter
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16000668 and 09056947
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indoor Air
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c13ffcce5c9cab39ff17fb2841c2a0f6