Predictors of endotoxin levels in US housing

PS Thorne, RD Cohn, D Mav, SJ Arbes Jr… - Environmental health …, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background The relationship of domestic endotoxin exposure to allergy and asthma has
been widely investigated. However, few studies have evaluated predictors of household
endotoxin, and none have done so for multiple locations within homes and on a national
scale. Objectives We assayed 2,552 house dust samples in a nationwide study to
understand the predictors of household endotoxin in bedroom floors, family room floors,
beds, kitchen floors, and family room sofas. Methods Reservoir house dust from five …