Assessment of Indoor Pollution in Workplaces
A special issue of Air (ISSN 2813-4168).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 328
Special Issue Editor
Interests: assessment of indoor air quality; indoor air chemistry; target pollutants and sampling and analysis specifications; sources as emitters and contributors to indoor air pollution; sources emitting pollutants into the indoor air of a space, directly or indirectly; compounds emitted by building materials; new solution to eliminate or reduce the source in indoor air
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exposure to pollutants produced in indoor environments is a relevant issue because people spend most of their time indoors, including at home and in working places. Indoor air pollution has been found to produce many adverse health effects, including the so-called ‘Sick Building Syndrome’ (SBS). The most common symptoms of SBS include eyes, nose, throat and skin irritation, headaches and tiredness, resulting in allergic responses, increasing asthma episodes, oxidative stress, and pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. Indoor air pollutants causing these adverse effects include VOCs, aerosols and ultrafine particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5). Other factors increase the potential health risks posed by indoor pollutants, such as poor ventilation, indoor humidity and temperature. In addition to air pollutants emitted indoors, those produced by their primary and secondary indoor oxidation have been recently found to represent a relevant health risk. Since the indoor environment may act as a smog chamber, specific monitoring strategies and new measuring techniques are required to assess the potential health impact produced by indoor pollution. This Special Issue invites critical reviews and research papers on advanced measurement strategies and novel monitoring techniques to better assess the potential role that pollutants emitted indoors or formed by chemical reactions can play in producing adverse health effects.
Prof. Dr. Rosanna Mabilia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- indoor air contaminants
- methodology to improve IAQ
- emerging technologies
- air cleaning technologies
- use and maintenance of HVAC system to improve IAQ
- exposure assessments
- case studies on indoor air in workplace
