DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.028
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84939226100
论文题名: Indoor air quality in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory symptoms
作者: Madureira J ; , Paciência I ; , Rufo J ; , Ramos E ; , Barros H ; , Teixeira J ; P ; , de Oliveira Fernandes E
刊名: Atmospheric Environment
ISSN: 0168-2563
EISSN: 1573-515X
出版年: 2015
卷: 118 起始页码: 145
结束页码: 156
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Asthma
; Indoor air quality
; Particulate matter
; Respiratory symptoms
; Schools
Scopus关键词: Air pollution
; Air pollution control
; Air quality
; Bacteria
; Carbon
; Carbon dioxide
; Nitric oxide
; Pollution
; Quality control
; Societies and institutions
; Surveys
; Teaching
; Volatile organic compounds
; Asthma
; Indoor air quality
; Particulate Matter
; Respiratory symptoms
; Schools
; Indoor air pollution
; acetaldehyde
; aldehyde
; benzene
; carbon dioxide
; formaldehyde
; limonene
; meta xylene
; naphthalene
; nitric oxide
; ortho xylene
; para xylene
; pinene
; styrene
; toluene
; volatile organic compound
; air quality
; asthma
; atmospheric pollution
; child health
; health risk
; indoor air
; particulate matter
; questionnaire survey
; symptom
; volatile organic compound
; World Health Organization
; adverse outcome
; air pollutant
; air quality
; air sampling
; ambient air
; Article
; bacterial count
; child
; environmental exposure
; expired air
; female
; fungus
; human
; male
; particle size
; Portugal
; practice guideline
; primary school
; priority journal
; respiratory tract disease
; spirometry
; wheezing
; Porto [Portugal]
; Portugal
; Fungi
Scopus学科分类: Environmental Science: Water Science and Technology
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Earth-Surface Processes
; Environmental Science: Environmental Chemistry
英文摘要: A cross-sectional survey was conducted to characterize the indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory symptoms. Concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC), aldehydes, PM2.5 , PM10 , carbon dioxide, bacteria and fungi were assessed in 73 classrooms from 20 public primary schools located in Porto, Portugal. Children who attended the selected classrooms (n = 1134) were evaluated by a standardised health questionnaire completed by the legal guardians; spirometry and exhaled nitric oxide tests.The results indicated that no classrooms presented individual VOC pollutant concentrations higher than the WHO IAQ guidelines or by INDEX recommendations; while PM2.5 , PM10 and bacteria levels exceeded the WHO air quality guidelines or national limit values. High levels of total VOC, acetaldehyde, PM2.5 and PM10 were associated with higher odds of wheezing in children. Thus, indoor air pollutants, some even at low exposure levels, were related with the development of respiratory symptoms. The results pointed out that it is crucial to take into account the unique characteristics of the public primary schools, to develop appropriate control strategies in order to reduce the exposure to indoor air pollutants and, therefore, to minimize the adverse health effects. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/81539
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作者单位: Institute of Science and Innovation on Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal; Public Health Institute, University of Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, Portugal; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health, University of Porto Medical School, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal; Environmental Health Department, National Institute of Health, Rua Alexandre Herculano, 321, Porto, Portugal
Recommended Citation:
Madureira J,, Paciência I,, Rufo J,et al. Indoor air quality in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory symptoms[J]. Atmospheric Environment,2015-01-01,118