Assessing future trends in indoor air quality

Several national and international health organizations have derived concentration levels below which adverse effects on men are not expected or levels below which the excess risk for individuals is less than a specified value. For every priority pollutant indoor concentrations below this limit are...

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Published in:Toxicology and industrial health 1990-10, Vol.6 (5), p.103-115
Main Authors: van de Wiel, H J, Lebret, E, van der Lingen, W K, Eerens, H C, Vaas, L H, Leupen, M J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
540120 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540130 - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
AEROSOLS
Air Pollutants - analysis
AIR POLLUTION
Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ANIMALS
BUILDINGS
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
CONTAMINATION
DENMARK
DISPERSIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
Environmental Health
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EUROPE
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
GASES
HOUSES
Housing
Humans
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
MAMMALS
MAN
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE
MONITORING
Netherlands
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PRIMATES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADON
RARE GASES
Reference Values
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESIDUES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY STANDARDS
SCANDINAVIA
SMOKES
SOLS
TOBACCO SMOKES
VERTEBRATES
WESTERN EUROPE
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Summary:Several national and international health organizations have derived concentration levels below which adverse effects on men are not expected or levels below which the excess risk for individuals is less than a specified value. For every priority pollutant indoor concentrations below this limit are considered "healthy." The percentage of Dutch homes exceeding such a limit is taken as a measure of indoor air quality for that component. The present and future indoor air quality of the Dutch housing stock is described for fourteen air pollutants. The highest percentages are scored by radon, environmental tobacco smoke, nitrogen dioxide from unvented combustion, and the potential presence of housedust mite and mould allergen in damp houses. Although the trend for all priority pollutants is downward the most serious ones remain high in the coming decades if no additional measures will be instituted.
ISSN:0748-2337
1477-0393
DOI:10.1177/074823379000600508