Indoor Air Quality
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-40077-3 (ISBN)
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed overview of indoor pollution, covering the main contaminants in the indoor environment - air and dust, the health aspects of exposure, and different possibilities for a risk assessment. The book outlines the chemical substances and physical and biological factors that occur more frequently indoors, which are of health significance, or for which only limited information on their occurrence indoors is available to date. It also provides guidance to identify where problems may arise in the future and where data is missing for a valid exposure and risk assessment as well as for consequent risk management.
Written by a highly recognized and experienced medical expert in the field, the book starts with an introduction to the indoor environment, including topics such as indoor environmental quality and health, indoor climate, sampling of indoor pollutants, and measures to improve indoor air quality. The author then delves into the fundamentals of exposure assessment and special exposure indoor situations, followed by in-depth coverage of the health aspects, and indoor air occurrence of several substances such as volatile organic compounds, very volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and particulate matters and fibers. Particular attention is given to bioaerosols like mold, microbial volatile organic compounds, mycotoxins, and viruses. Readers will also find chapters devoted to the main health aspects and indoor occurrence of inorganic gases, radon and metals, and smoking. The book closes with a chapter on risk assessment, in which readers will learn more about the basics of risk assessment, key points and processes of a health evaluation, and guidance for assessing indoor air contamination.
This book is a unique compilation of the current worldwide exposure situation in private and public indoor spaces, and an important reference for researchers that are willing to assess the rising burdenof disease and potential causes behind degraded indoor air quality. Scientists, students, and policymakers interested in the fields of medicine and environmental sciences will understand the appeal of this book.lt;p>Hermann Fromme is a Professor at Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, and he also works at the Bavarian Ministry of Health and Care. He started his career by studying Social Sciences at the University of Göttingen and completed his MD degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and the Free University, Berlin, Germany. After various management positions in the Department for Air and Soil Hygiene, Human Biomonitoring and Toxicological Investigations of the Berlin Senate Department for Social Affairs and Health, he also acted as the Head of the Institute for Environmental Analysis and Human Toxicology in Berlin. Professor Fromme was also the Head of the Department of Chemical Safety and Toxicology of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority. His work focuses on the identification of chemical exposures in environmental media and humans as well as the performing of health risk assessments. He published numerous scientific articles, especially in the field of indoor air and dust analysis, human exposure, biomonitoring and health effects, and regulation.
Chapter 1: Indoor environment - background information.- Chapter 2: Basic exposure information and special exposure situation.- Chapter 3: Volatile organic compounds and very volatile organic compounds.- Chapter 4: Semi volatile organic compounds (SVOC).- Chapter 5: Particulate matter (PM) and fibers.- Chapter 6: Bioaerosols.- Chapter 7: Inorganic gases.- Chapter 8: Radon and metals.- Chapter 9: Smoking.- Chapter 10: Risk assessment and guideline values.
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.10.2023 |
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Zusatzinfo | XIX, 574 p. 90 illus., 49 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Original-Titel | Luftverunreinigungen in Innenräumen Vorkommen und gesundheitliche Bewertungen von chemischen, physikalischen und biologischen Faktoren |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 1051 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie | |
Schlagworte | Air Contamination Assessment • Behavior of pollutants in the lungs • Chemical reactions in indoor air • fine dust • Heath Effects • indoor air • indoor air quality • Indoor Contaminants • Pollutants exposure assessment • risk assessment • Sampling of indoor pollutants • Semi-volatile organic compounds • Volatile organic compounds |
ISBN-10 | 3-031-40077-1 / 3031400771 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-40077-3 / 9783031400773 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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