Indoor Air and Human HealthCRC Press, 29 abr 1996 - 384 páginas How does the way in which we heat, cool, insulate, furnish, and ventilate our buildings affect our health? What is the association between physical and chemical conditions of indoor air and human health? This new book presents the latest breakthroughs in applied research in the areas of chemical sensitivity, allergies, bioaerosols, neurotoxicity, and carcinogenic effects of radon and tobacco smoke. Anyone involved in public health, including epidemiologists, health regulators, public health scientists, microbiologists, radiologists, organic chemists, environmental scientists, neurotoxicologists, and industrial hygienists, will find the information in Indoor Air and Human Health both practical and interesting. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
Odors and Irritation in Indoor Pollution | 23 |
Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 3 | 67 |
Chapter 4 | 93 |
Chapter 5 | 107 |
Indoor Air and Human Health Revisited | 127 |
Chapter 7 | 141 |
Chapter 13 | 211 |
Chapter 17 | 224 |
Chapter 15 | 249 |
Chapter 16 | 263 |
Mechanisms of StressorInduced Immune Alteration in Humans | 275 |
Assessing Carcinogenic Risks Associated with Indoor | 289 |
Chapter 19 | 309 |
Chapter 20 | 325 |
Términos y frases comunes
acetate activity airborne allergen Allergy animal antigen asbestos associated asthma aversive axons bioaerosols biological building-related carcinogens chemical compounds concentration concurrent schedule dendrites detection disease dose dust mite endotoxin Environ environmental tobacco smoke epidemiologic studies epithelium Equation estimate evaluation evidence experimental exposed external plexiform layer f/mL factors function glomeruli granule cell Greer health effects house dust human Immunol increased indoor air pollution indoor air quality indoor radon infection inhalation irritation lavage levels lever lung cancer lymphocytes measures mice mitral cells mixtures mucosa neurons occupants odor thresholds olfaction olfactory bulb olfactory epithelium olfactory system Passive smoking patients performance population potential procedures Psychol public health radon receptor cell reinforcement relationship reported respiratory response risk assessment Samet samples sensitivity sensory sick building sick building syndrome solvents specific spores stimulation stress subjects symptoms synaptic toxicity Toxicol tufted cells variables ventilation volatile organic