Chapter 5
Building Materials and Furnishing
Jouni J. K. Jaakkola,
Reginald Quansah,
Jouni J. K. Jaakkola
Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Finland, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
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Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorJouni J. K. Jaakkola,
Reginald Quansah,
Jouni J. K. Jaakkola
Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Finland, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorReginald Quansah
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Susan M. Tarlo,
Paul Cullinan,
Benoit Nemery,
Susan M. Tarlo
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorPaul Cullinan
Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College), London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorBenoit Nemery
Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction to building materials and furnishing as sources of indoor air pollution
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Emission of formaldehyde from building and interior surface materials
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Emissions of volatile organic compounds
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Emission of phthalates from PVC building and interior surface materials
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Damp buildings and emissions of biological particles
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Specific diseases associated with exposures from building materials and furnishing
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Diagnosis and management issues
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References
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Further reading
Further reading
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- Hodgson AT, Bea J, McIlvaine JE. (2002) Sources of formaldehyde, other aldehydes and terpenes in a new manufactured house. Indoor Air 12: 235–242.
- Fisk, W.J., Lei-Gomez, Q., Mendell, M.J. (2007) Meta-analyses of the associations of respiratory health effects with dampness and mold in homes. Indoor Air 17(4): 284–296.
Further reading
- Afshari, A., Gunnarsen, L., Clausen, P.A. et al. (2004) Emission of phthalates from PVC and other materials. Indoor Air 14(2): 120–128.
- Bornehag, C.G., Blomquist, G., Gyntelberg, F., Järvholm, B., Malmberg, P., Nordvall, L., Nielsen, A., Pershagen, G., Sundell, J. (2001) Dampness in buildings and health. Nordic interdisciplinary review of the scientific evidence on associations between exposure to “dampness” in buildings and health effects (NORDDAMP). Indoor Air 11(2): 72–86.
- Bornehag, C.G., Sundell, J., Bonini, S., Custovic, A., Malmberg, P., Skerfving, S., Sigsgaard, T., Verhoeff, A. (2004) EUROEXPO. Dampness in buildings as a risk factor for health effects, EUROEXPO: a multidisciplinary review of the literature (1998-2000) on dampness and mite exposure in buildings and health effects. Indoor Air 14(4): 243–257.
- Bornehag, C.G., Sundell, J., Weschler, C.J. et al. (2004) The association between asthma and allergic symptoms in children and phthalates in house dust: a nested case–control study. Environ. Health Perspect. 112(14): 1393–1397.
- Bornehag, C.G., Lundgren, B., Weschler, C.J. et al. (2005) Phthalates in indoor dust and their association with building characteristics. Environ. Health Perspect. 113(10): 1399–1404.
- Brown, V.M., Crump, D.R., Mann, H.S. (1995) Concentrations of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde in five UK homes over a three year period. In J.J. Knight and R. Perry (eds), Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment (pp. 289–301). Indoor Air International: London.
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine (2004) Damp Indoor Spaces and Health. National Academy Press: Washington, DC.
- Jaakkola, M.S., Jaakkola, J.J.K. (2004) Indoor molds and asthma in adults. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 55: 309–338.
- Jaakkola, J.J.K., Knight, T. (2008) The role of exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in the development of asthma and allergies. Environ. Hlth Perspect. 116: 845–853.
- Jaakkola, J.J.K., Oie, L., Nafstad, P. et al. (1999) Interior surface materials in the home and the development of bronchial obstruction in young children in Oslo. Norway. Am. J. Public Hlth 89(2): 188–192.
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