Resources

On this page you will find useful information and FAQs about asthma and indoor/outdoor air pollution from federal, state, and private resources.

Asthma

For asthma-related resources, please visit Asthma Resources page.

Indoor Air

CDC

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • General Information on Air Pollution and Human Health
    Discusses the types of air pollution, the Air Quality Index, and the effects of pollution on humans.
  • Taking An Exposure History
    Procedures and form for measuring toxicants in the home and environment.
• Indoor Air Quality Information by State
  This page offers links to offices or programs identified by each state as dealing with indoor air-related health inquiries and general air quality programs.
• National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
  • Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet: What causes indoor air pollution problems?
    This publication answers common questions about indoor air pollutants and discusses ways to reduce or eliminate the problems.
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Fact Sheet and Resources
    Facts about indoor environmental quality in an office or other building environment, plus other resources such as the NIOSHTIC searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications.
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Resources, Web Sites and Books
    Other resources and publications on indoor environmental quality from EPA, OSHA, NLM/NIH, and others.
  • Building Air Quality
    A guide for building owners and facility managers to prevent indoor air quality problems.
  • Building Air Quality: Action Plan
    An action plan to be used with the above guide, this outlines developing an IAQ Profile, educating personnel, and managing operations.

Non-CDC

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Indoor Air Quality
    Helpful information on indoor air problems.
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Controlling Allergens in Your Home
    This podcast looks at some common indoor allergens and offer tips on improving the air quality in the home.
• National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services (NLM SIS)
  • Indoor Air Pollution
    Links to information resources on the many sources of indoor air pollution found in homes and other buildings, including cleaning and maintenance products, building materials, tobacco smoke, mold, and poor ventilation.
• Office of the Surgeon General
  • Healthy Indoor Environment: Workshop Report
    Report of the recent Surgeon General's Workshop on Healthy Indoor Environment, which studied the understanding of the public health consequences of the non-industrial indoor environment (e.g., homes, schools, office buildings).
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Listing of Indoor Air Quality Publications
    A listing of 28 publications about indoor air quality by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Non-Government

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
  • Standard 62.1-2004: Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (ANSI Approved)
    This standard specifies minimum ventilation rates and indoor air quality that will be acceptable to human occupants and are intended to minimize the potential for adverse health effects.
  • Standard 62.2-2004: Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ANSI Approved)
    This standard defines the roles of and minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilation systems and the building envelope intended to provide acceptable indoor air quality in low-rise residential buildings.

Outdoor Air

CDC

• National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
  • Environmental Health Primer
    This publication addresses the provision of adequate public health services in communities, including protecting a community from environmental health risks.
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  • FastStats A to Z
    Offers statistical data by state and by subject.

Non-CDC

• National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services (NLM SIS)
  • Outdoor Air Pollution
    Links to information resources on outdoor air pollution and its possible effects on health.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • AirNow
    This site offers national air quality information by state and select cities, air quality forecasts and corresponding health effects, ozone maps, air pollution publications, and steps you can take to reduce air pollution.
  • Emissions Inventory Information
    National Emissions Inventories (NEI) for the U.S., emissions inventory resources such as air pollutant emissions trends, codes, guidance and rules, training and publications, and emissions modeling resources.
  • National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
    • Abstract: Morbidity and Mortality from Air Pollution in the United States
      A mortality analysis of 90 sampled cities looks at whether particulate air pollution is responsible for the associations between air pollution and daily mortality that have been observed in multiple studies, or whether these associations are due to other air pollutants.
  • Health Effects of Ozone