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Formaldehyde in indoor air: a public health problem?

dc.contributor.authorViegas, Susana
dc.contributor.authorPrista, João
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-16T11:07:00Z
dc.date.available2012-01-16T11:07:00Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractFormaldehyde was the first air pollutant, which already in the 1970s emerged as a specifically non-industrial indoor air quality problem. Yet formaldehyde remained an indoor air quality issue and the formaldehyde level in residential indoor air is among the highest of any indoor air contaminant. Formaldehyde concentrations in 4 different indoor settings (schools, office buildings, new dwellings and occupied dwellings) in Portugal were measured using Photo Ionization Detection (PID) equipment (11,7 eV lamps). All the settings presented results higher than the reference value proposed by Portuguese legislation. Furthermore, occupied dwellings showed 3 units with results above the reference. We could conclude that formaldehyde presence is a reality in monitored indoor settings. Concentration levels are higher than the Portuguese reference value for indoor settings and these can indicate health problems for occupants.por
dc.identifier.citationViegas S, Prista J. Formaldehyde in indoor air: a public health problem? In Brebbia CA, Longhurst JW, editors. Air pollution XVIII. Wessex: WIT Press; 2010. p. 297-304.por
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84564-450-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1046
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherWIT Presspor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://library.witpress.com/pages/PaperInfo.asp?PaperID=21117por
dc.subjectSaúde ambientalpor
dc.subjectPoluição do arpor
dc.subjectFormaldeídopor
dc.subjectAr interiorpor
dc.subjectMeio escolarpor
dc.subjectHabitaçõespor
dc.subjectPortugalpor
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthpor
dc.subjectAir pollutionpor
dc.subjectIndoor airpor
dc.subjectSchoolspor
dc.subjectDwellingspor
dc.subjectOffice buildingspor
dc.subjectFormaldehydepor
dc.titleFormaldehyde in indoor air: a public health problem?por
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oaire.citation.endPage304por
oaire.citation.startPage297por
oaire.citation.titleAir pollution XVIIIpor
person.familyNameViegas
person.givenNameSusana
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person.identifier.ciencia-idA919-7318-63DC
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1015-8760
person.identifier.ridI-4053-2012
person.identifier.scopus-author-id35270591500
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