Indoor air pollution.

Author(s) : SAMET J., SPENGLER J.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Bibliographical study of indoor pollution in developed countries with, for each class of pollutant, sources, concentrations, effects on health and prevention measures. The topics studied are the following ones: combustion products ; volatile organic compounds, formic aldehyde ; asbestos ; radon and lung cancer risks ; infectious or allergy biological agents ; lung pathologies due to passive smoking, to nitrogen dioxide or to smoke of wood fires ; syndrome of entirely air-conditioned buildings.

Details

  • Original title: Indoor air pollution.
  • Record ID : 1993-0415
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. occup. Health Saf., Aust. N. Z. - vol. 7 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1991/04

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