Indoor Air Pollution
A Health Perspective
Published on 27. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-0-8018-4125-5 (ISBN)
Description
During the last two decades, outdoor air pollution has decreased in the United States and in many other industrial nations. But many hazardous pollutants have been found in offices, cars, homes, and hospitals. Outbreaks of illness related to the noninjdustrial work environment have been reported with increasing frequency. And "sick-building," or "tight-building," syndrome has been recognized as a new and serious threat to public health.
Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective outlines current research on the subject and examines effotrs to regulate the quality of indoor air. Contributors-including epidemiologists, clinicians, risk assessorsm experts in air monitoring, microbiologies, and engineers-discuss methodologies used in measuring exposures to pollution, strategies for imporving indoor air quality, and other issues. They also assess the health effects of specific pollutants: tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, wood smoke, nitrogen dioxide, biological agents, formaldehyde, and radon.
Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective outlines current research on the subject and examines effotrs to regulate the quality of indoor air. Contributors-including epidemiologists, clinicians, risk assessorsm experts in air monitoring, microbiologies, and engineers-discuss methodologies used in measuring exposures to pollution, strategies for imporving indoor air quality, and other issues. They also assess the health effects of specific pollutants: tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, wood smoke, nitrogen dioxide, biological agents, formaldehyde, and radon.
Reviews / Votes
Harmful of toxic substances enter the body through the air we breathe, through food or water ingested, or through the skin. This book by two prominent epidemiologists explores the relationship between air pollution and health. The book is well documented and well illustrated and provides a wealth of useful information including epidemiologic results and standards or requirements that influence air quality-both indoor and out. the 17 edited contributions are divided into discussions of (1) sources, (2) health effects, and (3) control and legal aspects. Each chapter is a detailed but readable review, of excellent quality and reliability. Particularly strong are the chapters on indoor air pollution, nitrogen dioxide, wood smoke, formaldehyde, and radon. Worldwide in coverage, this volume successfully provides a review for policy makers, engineers, lawyers, and health professionals, and for students in these disciplines, undergraduate and graduate. M.Gochfeld, Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-4125-5 (9780801841255)
DOI
10.56021/9780801841248
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07/1991
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Persons
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., is professor of medicine at the University of New Mexico. John D. Spengler, Ph.D., M.S., is professor of environmental health at the Harvard University School ofPublic Health.
Content
Contributors
Preface
Ackowledgments
Chapter 1. A Perspective on Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
Part I. Sources, Concentrations, and Exposure
Chapter 2. Sources and Concentrations of Indoor Air Pollution
Chapter 3. Building Dynamics and INdoor Air Quality
Chapter 4. Assessment of Indoor Air Quality
Chapter 5. Personal Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution
Part II. Health Efects
Chapter 6. Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Chapter 7. Nitrogen Dioxide
Chapter 8. Carbon Monoxide
Chapter 9. Wood Smoke
Chapter 10. Formaldehyde
Chapter 11. Volatile Organic Compounds
Chapter 12. Indoor Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases
Chapter 13. Biological Agents and Allergic Diseases
Chapter 14. Building-related Illnesses
Chapter 15. Radon
Part III. Control and Legal Aspects
Chapter 16. COntrol Strategies
Chapter 17. Legal Aspects of Indoor Air Pollution
Index
Preface
Ackowledgments
Chapter 1. A Perspective on Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
Part I. Sources, Concentrations, and Exposure
Chapter 2. Sources and Concentrations of Indoor Air Pollution
Chapter 3. Building Dynamics and INdoor Air Quality
Chapter 4. Assessment of Indoor Air Quality
Chapter 5. Personal Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution
Part II. Health Efects
Chapter 6. Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Chapter 7. Nitrogen Dioxide
Chapter 8. Carbon Monoxide
Chapter 9. Wood Smoke
Chapter 10. Formaldehyde
Chapter 11. Volatile Organic Compounds
Chapter 12. Indoor Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases
Chapter 13. Biological Agents and Allergic Diseases
Chapter 14. Building-related Illnesses
Chapter 15. Radon
Part III. Control and Legal Aspects
Chapter 16. COntrol Strategies
Chapter 17. Legal Aspects of Indoor Air Pollution
Index