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http://dx.doi.org/10.5668/JEHS.2009.35.3.143

School Indoor Air Quality and Health Effects  

Yang, Won-Ho (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences / v.35, no.3, 2009 , pp. 143-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Indoor air quality at classrooms is of special concern since students are susceptible and indoor air problems can be so subtle that it does not always produce easily recognizable health effects. The main objectives of the study were to investigate the time-activity pattern of school students, to determine the sources of poor indoor air quality in schools, and to demonstrate how indoor air quality in schools causes adverse health effects such as headache, upper airway irritation, fatigue, and lethargy. Recent articles ranging from 1987-2009 related to school indoor air quality were systematically reviewed. Building-associated health effects can increase student absences from school and degrade the performance of children while in school. The reduced ventilation rate was associated with a decreased ability to concentrate along with increased adverse health symptoms. There was an association between residential proximity to busy roads and a variety of adverse respiratory health outcomes in children. Consequently, the current findings suggest the need for control strategy for school indoor air pollutants with multidisciplinary approach methods because Korea has no other natural resources except manpower especially.
Keywords
school; classroom; indoor air quality; health effects;
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