RT Book, Section
A1 Puri, Rajan
A1 Wittman, Richard
A2 LaDou, Joseph
A2 Harrison, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180883263
T1 Building-Related Illness
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260143430
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180883263
RD 2024/04/16
AB Indoor  air  quality  (IAQ)  can  cause  or  contribute  to  a  variety  of  symptoms,  or  even  illness,  in  building  occupants,  negatively  impacting  their  health  and  productivity.  Americans,  on  average,  spend  90%  of  their  time  indoors,  where  air  quality  is  dependent  on  local  ventilation  and  conditions.  Climate  change,  extremes  of  heat  and  cold,  and  changes  in  seasonal  conditions  impact  IAQ,  both  directly  due  to  changes  in  moisture  and  dust  content  in  the  air,  as  well  as  indirectly  due  to  increased  reliance  on  recycled/conditioned  air.  In  such  scenarios,  concentrations  of  some  endogenous  pollutants  inside  buildings  may  exceed  standards  established  for  outdoor  concentrations.