Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All
This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and office...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Epidemiological studies on indoor air quality and health. Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality on Human Health toward Achievement of the SDGs
- Homes-1 Sick Building/House Syndrome
- Homes-2 Associations with Home Environment for Asthma, Rhinitis and Dermatitis
- Offices
- The indoor environment in schools, kindergartens and day care centres
- In-vehicle exposures at transportation and the health concerns
- Factors determing Indoor Air Qualities and their health impacts. Aldehydes, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and health
- Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs): Phthalates and phosphorous frame retardants and health risks
- Microbial agents in the indoor environment- associations with health
- Dampness, indoor mould and health
- Particles Matter, Nitrogen dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide
- Combustion and Cookstoves
- Indoor thermal environment and cardiovascular diseases
- Provision for improving indoor environment quality. Housing performance and equipment for healthy indoor environment
- Sick building syndrome (SBS), personality, psychosocial factors and treatment
- Guidelines and Regulations for Indoor Environmental Quality
- Future directions of research on indoor environment, indoor air quality (IAQ) and health