Indoor Air Pollution: A Silent Threat to Human Health and the Atmosphere
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 106
Special Issue Editors
Interests: indoor air quality; building environment and human health; human comfort and work productivity
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Interests: indoor air quality; UV disinfection; air cleaning; indoor radon exposure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, a large number of studies have clearly demonstrated that built environments can be worse than outdoor ones in terms of people’s exposure to hazardous pollutants. Since people may spend over 80% of their lifetime in built environments such as residential buildings, vehicles, and school buildings, the following questions are critical to answer:
How do we assess the exposure to new-found indoor pollutants in indoor environments? How do we estimate the dose–response relationships for these indoor air pollutants? How do we evaluate simultaneous exposures by indoor pollutants? What are the available approaches to improve multidimensional exposure assessments in built environments? What are the adverse health effects attributed to the exposures happening in built environments? And how do we measure the uncertainties?
This Special Issue aims to feature full-length articles, reviews, and communications addressing novel research on this topic from a multidisciplinary point of view, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Exposure assessments of pollutants in built environments.
- Dose–response relationships between indoor air pollutants and health outcomes.
- Innovative approaches for risk assessment and management.
- Novel technologies for indoor air quality assessments.
- New regulatory guidelines for emerging pollutants.
- Case studies, results, and findings in specific geographical regions.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Chanjuan Sun
Dr. Chunxiao Su
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- built environment
- air quality
- exposure assessment
- health risk
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