Chemical, microbiological, health and comfort aspects of indoor air quality : state of the art in SBS
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Chemical, microbiological, health and comfort aspects of indoor air quality : state of the art in SBS
（Euro courses, . Chemical and environmental science ; v. 4）
Kluwer Academic, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"Based on the lectures given during the Eurocourse on Chemical, Microbiological, Health, and Comfort Aspects of Indoor Air Quality -- State of the Art in SBS held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, March 23-27, 1992" -- T.p. verso.
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Description
Interest in indoor air quality (IAQ) is growing at public, political and scientific levels. Complaints about poor IAQ, associated with acute symptoms such as mucous irritation, headaches and bad odor occur frequently, particularly in the office environment, where typical patterns of symptoms often occur, leading to the coining of the term `Sick Building Syndrome'.
In the present book, internationally known experts address the following issues:
the dynamics of the indoor environment and strategies for indoor measurement
chemical and microbiological pollution, important species, sources and detection methods
effects of indoor pollution, in particular
sensory irritation, including odor
airway, eye and skin irritation by organic indoor pollutants and their assessment
immune effects, including allergic sensitization
chemical hyper-responsiveness
controlled human reactions to organic pollutants
building investigation: approaches and results
source characterization and control
criteria, norms and techniques in indoor air pollution, and regulatory aspects.
The complex, multifactorial nature of sick building syndrome requires multidisciplinary collaboration from very diverse fields. It is evident that communication between researchers coming from very different areas, all speaking their own language, is a difficult task. This book, presenting as it does the state of the art on sick buildings and how to cure them, is a sound foundation on which to build for the future.
Table of Contents
A. Introduction.- The Sick Building Syndrome - Overview and Frontiers.- B. Chemical and Biological Aspects.- The dynamics of the indoor environment and some strategical aspects of indoor measurements.- Organic indoor pollutants - sources, species, and concentrations.- Sampling and analysis of organic indoor air pollutants.- Characterization of organic emissions from indoor sources.- Sensory characterization of air quality and pollution sources.- Indoor microbiological pollutants - sources, species, characterisation and evaluation.- C. Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Humans.- Irritation of the upper airways. Mechanisms and structure-activity relationships.- Assessment methods and causes of eye irritation in humans in indoor environment.- Indoor environment and the skin.- Sensory effects for indoor air quality control.- Indoor air pollution: immunological interactions.- Indoor pollution and allergic sensitization.- Chemical hyper-responsiveness.- Some studies of human reactions from the emissions of building materials and office machines.- Human reactions to controlled exposures to VOC's and the "TOTAL-VOC" concept.- D. 'Sick' Building Epidemiology.- Questionnaires in exposure and effect assessment in the field.- The effects of microbiological pollution in buildings - results of building investigations.- Building epidemiology - approaches and results (European experience).- Building epidemiology and investigations - approaches and results (U.S. experience).- E. Mitigation and Control.- Regulating indoor air.- Controlling sources of indoor air pollution.- Construction and health - criteria, standards and techniques against indoor pollution.- Healthy buildings - where do we stand, where should we go?.
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