Indoor Air Pollution

This book is a study of atmospheric air pollution and presents ways we can reduce its impacts on human health. It discusses tools for measuring indoor air quality (IAQ) as well as analyzes IAQ in closed buildings. It is an important documentation of air quality and its impact on human health.

Air pollutants are continuously released from numerous sources into the atmosphere. Several studies have been carried out on the quantification of pollutants and their consequences on public health. Identification of the source characteristics of air pollution is an important step in the development of regional air quality control strategies. Air quality is a measure of the degree of ambient atmospheric pollution. Deterioration and damage to both public health and environment due to poor air quality have been recognized at a legislative and international level.

by Srikanth S Nadadur (Editor), John W. Hollingsworth (Editor)

Exposure to ambient air pollutants, both indoors and outdoors has been associated with the exacerbation and also in the etiology of diverse human diseases. This book offers an overview of our current understanding of air pollution health risks and how this knowledge is being used in the regulatory, therapeutic intervention measures to protect the public health and reduce the disease burden caused by acute and long-term exposure to air pollutants.