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The effect of low‐volatile organic compounds, water‐based paint on aggravation of allergic disease in schoolchildren
Author(s) -
Park D. W.,
Kim S.H.,
Moon J.Y.,
Song J. S.,
Choi J.,
Kwak H. J.,
Jeong M. G.,
Ro Y. S.,
Kim T. H.,
Sohn J. W.,
Shin D. H.,
Park S. S.,
Yoon H. J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indoor air
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.387
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1600-0668
pISSN - 0905-6947
DOI - 10.1111/ina.12301
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , atopic dermatitis , exhaled nitric oxide , disease , dermatology , immunology , spirometry
Whether indoor painting aggravates preexisting allergic diseases remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the impact of new classroom painting on aggravation of asthma, allergic rhinitis ( AR ), and atopic dermatitis ( AD ) in children. Studied school was previously painted with conventional water‐based paint 20 years ago and had natural ventilation system. We identified a total of 172 children aged 10–12 years with allergic diseases in 17 classrooms, which were allocated to newly painted rooms with low‐volatile organic compounds ( VOC ), water‐based paint, or existing rooms. After painting, there was no intervention or internal airflow to influence indoor air environment in both classrooms. We prospectively assessed the symptom severity and serious events of allergic diseases between both classrooms at baseline and after one and eight weeks after painting. At one and eight weeks, there were no significant changes in the Childhood Asthma Control Test scores, the fractional nitric oxide levels, lung function in asthmatic children in either classroom. There were also no significant changes in the severity score of AR or AD , or serious events in all allergic diseases. These findings suggest classroom painting with this new paint at the levels encountered in this study might not be a major aggravating factor for school‐aged children with allergic diseases.