Volatile Organic Compounds, Indoor Air Quality and Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 727
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volatile organic compounds (VOCs); chemical analysis; risk assessment; questionnaire on environmental factor and health effects
Interests: Environmental chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Because people spend most of their time indoors, indoor air quality is a critical environmental factor significantly affecting health. We have experienced sick building syndrome because of poor indoor air quality, considered to be associated with asthma and allergies. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from artificial building materials, furniture, and consumer products are one of the causes of these diseases. Thus far, various field surveys, laboratory experiments, and exposure and risk assessments for VOCs and total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) in indoor environments have been conducted, and specific measures and regulations have been implemented.
As innovative knowledge is accumulated, the chemical substances used indoors have changed to other VOCs to reduce health risks; however, new health problems have been occurring because of the uncertainty of exposure and health effects of newly used VOCs. Therefore, it is critical to search for knowledge on new indoor VOCs and/or TVOCs and improve indoor air quality.
This Special Issue invites research papers on the latest sources of VOCs in the indoor environment, exposure and risk assessments of indoor VOCs, and novel methods for assessing the exposure and health effects of VOCs, including time-course changes of TVOC concentrations using monitors. The topics of interest include a wide range of VOCs, including very volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds. Furthermore, research on novel methods for the reduction of indoor VOCs such as air cleaners shall be evaluated. Local air pollution from VOCs penetrating into the indoor environment and worsening indoor air quality is also included in this Special Issue.
Dr. Atsushi MizukoshiDr. Miyuki Noguchi
Dr. Masahiro Tokumura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
- exposure and risk assessment
- health effect assessment
- air cleaner
- local air pollution
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