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Activity Number:
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453
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics and the Environment
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| Abstract - #302102 |
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Title:
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Association Between Fine Indoor Particulate Pollution and Pulmonary Function
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Author(s):
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Robert L. James*+ and Agustin Calatroni and Herman Mitchell
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Companies:
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Rho, Inc. and Rho, Inc. and Rho, Inc.
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Address:
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6330 Quadrangle Dr., Ste. 500, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517,
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Keywords:
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Pulmonary function ; FEV1 ; PEF ; Particulate pollution ; PM2.5
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Abstract:
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Fine particulate pollution has recently been associated with increased mortality and respiratory diseases. The NIH Inner-City Air Pollution Study is a prospective study designed to investigate the impact of fine particle pollution (PM2.5, <2.5 microns) on lung function measured by FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in one second) and peak expiratory flow (PEF). The study design had several challenges: (1) the design was highly hierarchical, with children measured for fourteen consecutive days during the study's 12, 18, and 24 month visits; (2) the device measuring PM2.5 in each child's house outputs a measure every ten minutes, creating massive amounts of data; (3) two different devices were used to make the pollution measures; and (4) lung function maneuvers are effort dependent and missing data can be related to pollution levels. Each of these topics is illustrated in detail.
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