Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities and Healing Environments

Dear Colleagues,

The healthcare settings’ confined space is a complex and integrated system of multiple risk factors (chemical, physical, and microbiological) interacting with each other, which can lead to altered comfort and health conditions both for patients and healthcare professionals. In recent decades, situations of sensory discomfort and specific pathologies have increased in the occupants of healthcare facilities, highlighting the necessity of environmental quality requirements.

This Special Issue is looking forward to publishing evidence and observations in the field regarding, but not limited to, indoor air quality; chemical, physical, and microbiological contaminants; thermal comfort; and microclimate conditions with regard to healthcare facilities and healing environments.

We welcome the submission of reviews, original research articles, short communications, editorial letters, systematic reviews, and case studies targeting any of these core research questions. 

Dr. Marco Dettori
Dr. Gea Oliveri Conti
Dr. Marco Gola
Dr. Neveen Hamza
Guest Editors

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