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Strategy for Future ETS Exposure Measurements Relative to Its Transient Nature and Other Indoor Air Pollutants

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From the outset, it has not been possible to relate exposure to individual components of mainstream (MS) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)1 with important biological outcome in humans. We do know from the extensive studies by Spengler et al. (1985), Wallace et al. (1985), Hirayama (1981), both that ETS is a main indoor source of airborne particulates and volatile carcinogens, and also that passive exposure to tobacco smoke seems associated with increased risk of lung cancer. Following on the IARC evaluation of ETS carcinogenicity2 (IARC, 1986), there are substantial problems in devising the appropriate strategy for exploring the relationship between ETS pollution and the biological outcome in humans. Looking at this another way, there is a fundamental gap between the epidemiological and experimental approaches to this problem. Discussed below are the key problems of the multiplicity of pollutants in indoor air and the potential importance of active although transient components; this discussion is related to some IARC activities in this field.

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    Hitoshi Kasuga

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O’Neill, I. (1990). Strategy for Future ETS Exposure Measurements Relative to Its Transient Nature and Other Indoor Air Pollutants. In: Kasuga, H. (eds) Indoor Air Quality. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Supplement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83904-7_12

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