A review of indoor air pollution and health problems from the viewpoint of environmental hygiene: Focusing on the studies of indoor air environment in japan compared to those of foreign countries

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-501

  Harada, Koichi ^a   Hasegawa, Asako ^a   Wei, Chan Nian ^a   Minamoto, Keiko ^a   Noguchi, Yukari ^b   Hara, Kunio ^c   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Noda, Kosuke ^d   Ueda, Atsushi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kumamoto Software Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health; Indoor air quality; Multi chemical sensitivity; Sick building syndrome; Sick house syndrome; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 ETHYLHEXANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIAGINON; ETHYLBENZENE; FENOBUCARB; FORMALDEHYDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; RADON; STYRENE; TETRADECANE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMBUSTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FUNGUS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOULD; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78049284853     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.56.488     Document Type: Review

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