Critical review on emerging health effects associated with the indoor air quality and its sustainable management

P Kumar, AB Singh, T Arora, S Singh… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the fundamental elements affecting people's health and well-
being. Currently, there is a lack of awareness among people about the quantification …

Indoor air pollution, related human diseases, and recent trends in the control and improvement of indoor air quality

VV Tran, D Park, YC Lee - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Indoor air pollution (IAP) is a serious threat to human health, causing millions of deaths each
year. A plethora of pollutants can result in IAP; therefore, it is very important to identify their …

Indoor particulate matter during HOMEChem: Concentrations, size distributions, and exposures

S Patel, S Sankhyan, EK Boedicker… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
It is important to improve our understanding of exposure to particulate matter (PM) in
residences because of associated health risks. The HOMEChem campaign was conducted …

Size‐resolved emission rates of airborne bacteria and fungi in an occupied classroom

J Qian, D Hospodsky, N Yamamoto, WW Nazaroff… - Indoor …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The role of human occupancy as a source of indoor biological aerosols is poorly
understood. Size‐resolved concentrations of total and biological particles in indoor air were …

[HTML][HTML] Preschool children health impacts from indoor exposure to PM2. 5 and metals

A Mainka, P Fantke - Environment international, 2022 - Elsevier
To better understand the relation between children health and indoor air quality, we
measured the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and 11 metals (arsenic …

Fungal and bacterial growth in floor dust at elevated relative humidity levels

KC Dannemiller, CJ Weschler, J Peccia - Indoor air, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Under sustained, elevated building moisture conditions, bacterial and fungal growth occurs.
The goal of this study was to characterize microbial growth in floor dust at variable …

Influence of indoor factors in dwellings on the development of childhood asthma

J Heinrich - International journal of hygiene and environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Asthma has become the most common, childhood chronic disease in the industrialized
world, and it is also increasing in develo** regions. There are huge differences in the …

Chamber bioaerosol study: human emissions of size‐resolved fluorescent biological aerosol particles

S Bhangar, RI Adams, W Pasut, JA Huffman… - Indoor …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are a prominent source of airborne biological particles in occupied indoor spaces,
but few studies have quantified human bioaerosol emissions. The chamber investigation …

Characterizing airborne fungal and bacterial concentrations and emission rates in six occupied children's classrooms

D Hospodsky, N Yamamoto, WW Nazaroff, D Miller… - Indoor …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Baseline information on size‐resolved bacterial, fungal, and particulate matter (PM) indoor
air concentrations and emission rates is presented for six school classrooms sampled in four …

Are we safe inside? Indoor air quality in relation to outdoor concentration of PM10 and PM2. 5 and to characteristics of homes

M Ścibor, B Balcerzak, A Galbarczyk, N Targosz… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates the relationship between concentrations of particulate matter (PM 10
and PM 2.5) outdoors and indoors, and evaluates the significance of various factors which …