Air pollution/working activity correlation: a case study in a dental hospital

The paper deals with a multidimensional approach demonstrating a direct link between the entity of ongoing dentistry activity (number and kind of interventions) and specific pollution components. Simultaneously indoor/outdoor air concentrations of a set of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and activ...

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Published in:International journal of environmental health research 2011-02, Vol.21 (1), p.22-40
Main Authors: Santarsiero, Anna, Fuselli, Sergio, Morlino, Roberta, Minniti, Gianluca, De Felice, Marco, Ortolani, Emanuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrylates - analysis
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis
Air pollution
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Aldehydes - analysis
Correlation analysis
Dental Service, Hospital
dental setting
Dentistry
dentistry activity
Environmental Monitoring
Epidemiological Monitoring
Hydrocarbons, Aromatic - analysis
Italy - epidemiology
Pathology
Principal Component Analysis
Principal components analysis
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
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Summary:The paper deals with a multidimensional approach demonstrating a direct link between the entity of ongoing dentistry activity (number and kind of interventions) and specific pollution components. Simultaneously indoor/outdoor air concentrations of a set of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and activity variables, describing the amount and nature of ongoing dentistry activities, were monitored over a year at a dental hospital located in an urban area. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to single out mutually orthogonal pollution components which were then correlated to "pathology" factors arising from the analysis of dentistry activity indexes. The use of a multidimensional perspective allowed us to obtain a statistically significant model of the link between level of pollution and dentistry activity. In particular, the correlation approach linking pollution results to pathological variables allows us to establish a causative link even in the presence of sub-threshold concentrations of pollutants.
ISSN:0960-3123
1369-1619
DOI:10.1080/09603123.2010.499453