INDOOR AIR-POLLUTION - A PUBLIC-HEALTH PERSPECTIVE
INDOOR AIR-POLLUTION - A PUBLIC-HEALTH PERSPECTIVE
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DOI：
10.1126/science.6857273
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
SEXTON, K
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作者：
SPENGLER, JD;SEXTON, K
虽然官方控制空气污染的努力传统上集中在室外空气，但现在很明显，一些私人和公共建筑内的污染物浓度升高是常见的。对室内空气污染造成的潜在公共卫生问题的担忧是基于以下证据：城市居民通常90%以上的时间在室内，某些污染物的浓度在室内高于室外，并且对于某些污染物，室外测量无法充分表征个人暴露。与健康或刺激效应相关的更重要的室内污染物包括被动烟草烟雾、氡衰变产物、一氧化碳、二氧化氮、甲醛、石棉纤维、微生物和空气过敏原。评估与室内空气污染有关的健康风险的努力受到有关暴露人数、暴露模式和严重程度以及暴露的健康后果的信息不足的限制。应制定一项总体战略，调查室内暴露、健康影响、控制方案和公共政策替代方案。
Although official efforts to control air pollution have traditionally focused on outdoor air, it is now apparent that elevated contaminant concentrations are common inside some private and public buildings. Concerns about potential public health problems due to indoor air pollution are based on evidence that urban residents typically spend more than 90 percent of their time indoors, concentrations of some contaminants are higher indoors than outdoors, and for some pollutants personal exposures are not characterized adequately by outdoor measurements. Among the more important indoor contaminants associated with health or irritation effects are passive tobacco smoke, radon decay products, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, asbestos fibers, microorganisms, and aeroallergens. Efforts to assess health risks associated with indoor air pollution are limited by insufficient information about the number of people exposed, the pattern and severity of exposures, and the health consequences of exposures. An overall strategy should be developed to investigate indoor exposures, health effects, control options, and public policy alternatives.