Indoor air pollution : a health perspective

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Indoor air pollution : a health perspective

edited by Jonathan M. Samet and John D. Spengler

(The Johns Hopkins series in environmental toxicology)

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

During the last two decades, outdoor air pollution has decreased in the United States and in many other industrial nations. But many hazardous pollutants have been found in offices, cars, homes, and hospitals. Outbreaks of illness related to the noninjdustrial work environment have been reported with increasing frequency. And "sick-building," or "tight-building," syndrome has been recognized as a new and serious threat to public health. Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective outlines current research on the subject and examines effotrs to regulate the quality of indoor air. Contributors-including epidemiologists, clinicians, risk assessorsm experts in air monitoring, microbiologies, and engineers-discuss methodologies used in measuring exposures to pollution, strategies for imporving indoor air quality, and other issues. They also assess the health effects of specific pollutants: tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, wood smoke, nitrogen dioxide, biological agents, formaldehyde, and radon.

Table of Contents

Contributors Preface Ackowledgments Chapter 1. A Perspective on Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution Part I. Sources, Concentrations, and Exposure Chapter 2. Sources and Concentrations of Indoor Air Pollution Chapter 3. Building Dynamics and INdoor Air Quality Chapter 4. Assessment of Indoor Air Quality Chapter 5. Personal Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution Part II. Health Efects Chapter 6. Environmental Tobacco Smoke Chapter 7. Nitrogen Dioxide Chapter 8. Carbon Monoxide Chapter 9. Wood Smoke Chapter 10. Formaldehyde Chapter 11. Volatile Organic Compounds Chapter 12. Indoor Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases Chapter 13. Biological Agents and Allergic Diseases Chapter 14. Building-related Illnesses Chapter 15. Radon Part III. Control and Legal Aspects Chapter 16. COntrol Strategies Chapter 17. Legal Aspects of Indoor Air Pollution Index

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