Associations between Health Effects and Particulate Matter and Black Carbon in Subjects with Respiratory Disease

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 113; no. 12; pp. 1741 - 1746
• Main Authors: Jansen, Karen L., Larson, Timothy V., Koenig, Jane Q., Mar, Therese F., Fields, Carrie, Stewart, Jim, Lippmann, Morton
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.12.2005; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Ambient temperature; Asthma; Black carbon; Blood Pressure; Carbon - analysis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort studies; Female; Health benefits; Heart Rate; Hematocrit; Humans; Humidity; Linear Models; Lung Diseases, Obstructive - blood; Lung Diseases, Obstructive - metabolism; Lung Diseases, Obstructive - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - analysis; Oxides; Oxygen - blood; Particle Size; Particulate matter; Relative humidity; Respiratory diseases; Spirometry; Temperature; Washington; Washington; Canada; USA, Washington, Seattle

We measured fractional exhaled nitric oxide ( FENO), spirometry, blood pressure, oxygen saturation of the blood ( SaO2), and pulse rate in 16 older subjects with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Seattle, Washington. Data were collected daily for 12 days. We simultaneously co...