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Sakellaris I, Saraga D, Mandin C, de Kluizenaar Y, Fossati S, Spinazzè A, Cattaneo A, Mihucz V, Szigeti T, de Oliveira Fernandes E, Kalimeri K, Mabilia R, Carrer P, Bartzis J. Association of subjective health symptoms with indoor air quality in European office buildings: The OFFICAIR project. Indoor Air 2021; 31:426-439. [PMID: 32966653 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore the association between the building-related occupants' reported health symptoms and the indoor pollutant concentrations in a sample of 148 office rooms, within the framework of the European OFFICAIR research project. A large field campaign was performed in 37 office buildings among eight countries, which included (a) 5-day air sampling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), aldehydes, ozone, and NO2 (b) collection of information from 1299 participants regarding their personal characteristics and health perception at workplace using online questionnaires. Stepwise and multilevel logistic regressions were applied to investigate associations between health symptoms and pollutant concentrations considering personal characteristics as confounders. Occupants of offices with higher pollutant concentrations were more likely to report health symptoms. Among the studied VOCs, xylenes were associated with general (such as headache and tiredness) and skin symptoms, ethylbenzene with eye irritation and respiratory symptoms, a-pinene with respiratory and heart symptoms, d-limonene with general symptoms, and styrene with skin symptoms. Among aldehydes, formaldehyde was associated with respiratory and general symptoms, acrolein with respiratory symptoms, propionaldehyde with respiratory, general, and heart symptoms, and hexanal with general SBS. Ozone was associated with almost all symptom groups.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ioannis Sakellaris
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece
- Atmospheric Chemistry & Innovative Technologies Laboratory, INRASTES, National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens, Greece
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece
- Atmospheric Chemistry & Innovative Technologies Laboratory, INRASTES, National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS", Athens, Greece
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- CSTB-Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, Université Paris Est, Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy
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- Cooperative Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece
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- Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Science, National Research Council, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences-Hospital "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece
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Bochicchio F, Hulka J, Ringer W, Rovenská K, Fojtikova I, Venoso G, Bradley EJ, Fenton D, Gruson M, Arvela H, Holmgren O, Quindos L, McLaughlin J, Collignan B, Gray A, Grosche B, Jiranek M, Kalimeri K, Kephalopoulos S, Kreuzer M, Schlesinger D, Zeeb H, Bartzis J. National radon programmes and policies: the RADPAR recommendations. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2014; 160:14-17. [PMID: 24748489 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Results from epidemiological studies on lung cancer and radon exposure in dwellings and mines led to a significant revision of recommendations and regulations of international organisations, such as WHO, IAEA, Nordic Countries, European Commission. Within the European project RADPAR, scientists from 18 institutions of 14 European countries worked together for 3 y (2009-12). Among other reports, a comprehensive booklet of recommendations was produced with the aim that they should be useful both for countries with a well-developed radon programme and for countries with little experience on radon issues. In this paper, the main RADPAR recommendations on radon programmes and policies are described and discussed. These recommendations should be very useful in preparing a national action plan, required by the recent Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom.
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- F Bochicchio
- Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy (RADPAR WP-4 leader)
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- National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Linz, Austria
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- National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic
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- Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy (RADPAR WP-4 leader)
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- Public Health England (PHE), Chilton, Oxon, UK
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- Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), Dublin, Ireland
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- Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland
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- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB), Saint-Martin d'Hères, France
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- University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany
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- Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, Greece (RADPAR Project coordinator)
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- German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany
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- German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany
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- University of Bremen (BIPS), Bremen, Germany
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- University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, Greece (RADPAR Project coordinator)
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Pekridis G, Kalimeri K, Kaklidis N, Vakouftsi E, Iliopoulou E, Athanasiou C, Marnellos G. Study of the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction over Pt in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) operating under open and closed-circuit conditions. Catal Today 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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