Indoor air pollution : a health perspective / edited by Jonathan M. Samet and John D. Spengler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Samet, Jonathan M.

Spengler, John D.

Series:

Johns Hopkins series in environmental toxicology

The Johns Hopkins series in environmental toxicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indoor air pollution--Health aspects.

Indoor air pollution.

Air Pollution--adverse effects.

Medical Subjects:

Air Pollution--adverse effects.

Physical Description:

xi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1991]

Summary:

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 nonindustrial 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 efforts to regulate the quality of indoor air. Contributors -- including epidemiologists, clinicians, risk assessors, experts in air monitoring, microbiologists, and engineers -- discuss methodologies used in measuring exposures to pollution, strategies for improving 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.

As the hazards of indoor air pollution have been recognized, the evidence of adverse effects on health has become increasingly relevant for physicians and other health care providers. The problem's growing impact on property values and sales -- and its rise as the subject of litigation -- has also made indoor air quality the concern of employers, builders, real estate professionals, and homeowners.

Contents:

1. A Perspective on Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution / John D. Spengler, Jonathan M. Samet 1

I. Sources, Concentrations, and Exposure

2. Sources and Concentrations of Indoor Air Pollution / John D. Spengler 33

3. Building Dynamics and Indoor Air Quality / David T. Harrje 68

4. Assessment of Indoor Air Quality / John F. McCarthy, David W. Bearg, John D. Spengler 82

5. Personal Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution / P. Barry Ryan, William E. Lambert 109

II. Health Effects

6. Environmental Tobacco Smoke / Jonathan M. Samet, William S. Cain, Brian P. Leaderer 131

7. Nitrogen Dioxide / Jonathan M. Samet 170

8. Carbon Monoxide / David B. Coultas, William E. Lambert 187

9. Wood Smoke / Marian C. Marbury 209

10. Formaldehyde / Marian C. Marbury, Robert A. Krieger 223

11. Volatile Organic Compounds / Lance A. Wallace 253

12. Indoor Air Pollution and Infectious Diseases / Harriet A. Burge, James C. Feeley 273

13. Biological Agents and Allergic Diseases / David N. Weissman, Mark R. Schuyler 285

14. Building-related Illnesses / Marian C. Marbury, James E. Woods, Jr. 306

15. Radon / Jonathan M. Samet 323

III. Control and Legal Aspects

16. Control Strategies / Jerry F. Ludwig, William Turner 351

17. Legal Aspects of Indoor Air Pollution / Laurence S. Kirsch 379.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801841240

0801841259

OCLC:

22507901