The UAE-UNC Indoor Air, Health, and Nutrition Study, scheduled for full field implementation in Fall 2009, is a cross-sectional study of all seven emirates that examines indoor and outdoor air pollution exposures, chronic health conditions, respiratory symptoms, individual and household-level characteristics, health behaviors, obesity, and "nutrition transition" in 600 randomly sampled households of Emirati citizens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study, sponsored by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, is one of four components of the UAE National Strategy for Environment and Health, in which UAE and UNC researchers work collaboratively to develop a 10-year national plan to improve the environmental and health conditions at the UAE.

UAEE will include in-person interviews in CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) format with selected household members to ascertain information on key chronic health conditions (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, asthma), medication use, respiratory symptoms related to indoor air quality, nutrition transition and diet, obesity, and perceived stress. A 24-hour food recall will be used to collect detailed information on food intake from selected household members. Furthermore, environmental monitoring will be conducted to determine resident exposures to indoor and outdoor pollutants. Passive monitors will be placed inside 600 households to measure seven air pollutants: NO₂ (nitrogen dioxide), SO₂ (sulfur dioxide), CO (carbon monoxide), H₂S (hydrogen sulfide), benzene, formaldehyde, and PM (particulate matter). In addition to passive indoor monitoring, a second set of passive monitors will be placed outdoors in 50 homes. Active monitoring will also be done in selected homes to measure non-methane hydrocarbons and particulate matter to examine time-resolved air concentrations.