Indoor air pollutants. A literature review

Rev Environ Health. 1991;9(3):137-60. doi: 10.1515/reveh.1991.9.3.137.

Abstract

The literature on the important indoor air pollutants, their sources, their effect on human welfare, and methods for controlling their presence is reviewed. The review is chiefly concerned with the air in homes, offices, schools, and public buildings, rather than in industrial facilities.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollution, Indoor / adverse effects*
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / analysis
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / prevention & control*
  • Asbestos / adverse effects
  • Asphyxia / chemically induced
  • Carbon Monoxide / adverse effects
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / chemically induced
  • Formaldehyde / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / adverse effects
  • Lung Diseases / chemically induced
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Nicotine / adverse effects
  • Pesticides / adverse effects
  • Radon / adverse effects
  • Smoke / adverse effects
  • Wood

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Pesticides
  • Smoke
  • Asbestos
  • Formaldehyde
  • Nicotine
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Radon