A. Boyd, Richard Thomas, A. Hansell, J. Gulliver, Lucy Mary Hicks, Rebecca L. Griggs, J. Vande Hey, Caroline M. Taylor, T. Morris, J. Golding, R. Doerner, D. Fecht, J. Henderson, D. Lawlor, N. Timpson, J. Macleod
International journal of epidemiology, 2019
(i) The Building Research Establishment (BRE) study, funded by the Department of the Environment, used 174 homes each of which was monitored over a 12-month period. These were selected more or less at random at enrolment into ALSPAC at about 3 months of pregnancy. This was a rolling system with about 10 enrolled each month. The measures continued through the 6 months of pregnancy and the first 6 months of the child's life. Measurements included formaldehyde, other volatile organics, nitrogen dioxide, fungi, house dust mite and bacteria as well as temperature and humidity. Each of the homes completed weekly lists of symptoms of all members of the household. From the results, it was possible to identify the major sources of the total volatile organic chemicals (TVOCs) in the home, and thence assess possible health effects on the whole cohort.
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Field of study: Medicine