bake-out was executed against the newly constructed apartment buildings using two methods to find out the effect of improvement on the indoor air quality and identify the concentration changes in the indoor air by the bake-out method for 3 months after occupancy. from two methods of bake-out executed before occupying, we did not find any reduction effect on the hazardous substances in the indoo...

different approaches of source apportionment of dust fractions have been reported world-over. predicting source categories within receptor chemical profiles using regression and factor analysis using pca has been reported to evaluate possible source/routes of air pollution mass. the present study is focused on the application of all three approaches to investigate higher degrees of significance...

background: there is conflicting reports on the respiratory health effects of indoor risk factor exposure. the aim of this study was to assess the association of indoor environmental factors to pulmonary function in an adult population in zunyi city of southwest china. methods: between july and sep 2012, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of people aged ≥18 yr in 11 inner-city areas of zunyi...

current standards for indoor comfort are based on studies of adults, but they also apply tochildren, even though children differ in terms of metabolic rates, clothing types, activity levels, and preferences in space arrangement. children are also more sensitive to a range of environmental factors, they are usually unable to interact with their environment, and they accept indoor conditions pass...

background: human is exposed to radiation in their environment with or without their consent and the exposure to natural background radiation is an unpreventable event on earth. materials and methods: an in situ assessment of the indoor and outdoor background radiation in akwanga and keffi towns of nasarawa state nigeria was carried out using a halogen-quenched geiger muller (gm) detector (insp...

investigations have been carried out on the indoor air pollution in .different workshops of food processing plants in iran. in order to evaluate the exposure of workers to the three most commonly used indices of air pollution ten food processing plants representing ten groups of food industry with 2.816 workers were selected. air borne contamination of different origins such cotton seed. barley...

background some human diseases such as tuberculosis, legionnaires' disease and different forms of bacterial pneumonia, coccidioidomycosis, influenza, measles, and gastrointestinal illnesses are the result of exposure to bioaerosols. in addition, they are associated with some noninfectious airway diseases, such as allergies and asthma. objectives in the education hospitals of hamedan university ...

As s‌tudents spend one-third of their time at school, their health, comfort, and productivity are mos‌tly influenced by thermal condition and indoor air quality of classrooms. Regarding that manual window-opening is a common way for providing fresh air in classes and s‌tudents aren't allowed to change their uniform, position or control the windows during the lesson hours, providing thermal comf...