Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects
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Resumo: | The world population is ageing, in particular in the developed world, with a significant increase in the percentage of people above 60 years old. They represent a segment of the population that is more vulnerable to adverse environmental conditions. Among them, indoor air quality is one of the most relevant, as elders spend comparatively more time indoors than younger generations. Furthermore, the recent COVID-19 pandemic contributed immensely to raising awareness of the importance of breathing air quality for human health and of the fact that indoor air is a vector for airborne infections and poisoning. Hence, this work reviews the state of the art regarding indoor air quality in elderly centers, considering the type of pollutants involved, their emission sources, and their health effects. Moreover, the influence of ventilation on air quality is also addressed. Notwithstanding the potential health problems with the corresponding costs and morbidity effects, only a few studies have considered explicitly indoor air quality and its impacts on elderly health. More studies are, therefore, necessary to objectively identify what are the impacts on the health of elderly people due to the quality of indoor air and how it can be improved, either by reducing the pollutants emission sources or by more adequate ventilation and thermal comfort strategies. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effectselderly care centers; health effects; indoor air quality; pollutants emission sourcesThe world population is ageing, in particular in the developed world, with a significant increase in the percentage of people above 60 years old. They represent a segment of the population that is more vulnerable to adverse environmental conditions. Among them, indoor air quality is one of the most relevant, as elders spend comparatively more time indoors than younger generations. Furthermore, the recent COVID-19 pandemic contributed immensely to raising awareness of the importance of breathing air quality for human health and of the fact that indoor air is a vector for airborne infections and poisoning. Hence, this work reviews the state of the art regarding indoor air quality in elderly centers, considering the type of pollutants involved, their emission sources, and their health effects. Moreover, the influence of ventilation on air quality is also addressed. Notwithstanding the potential health problems with the corresponding costs and morbidity effects, only a few studies have considered explicitly indoor air quality and its impacts on elderly health. More studies are, therefore, necessary to objectively identify what are the impacts on the health of elderly people due to the quality of indoor air and how it can be improved, either by reducing the pollutants emission sources or by more adequate ventilation and thermal comfort strategies. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.MDPI20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10216/151616eng2076-329810.3390/environments9070086Mata, TMFelgueiras, FMartins, AAMonteiro, HFerraz, MPOliveira, GMGabriel, MFSilva, GVinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-29T15:28:11Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/151616Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:24:22.261916Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects Mata, TM elderly care centers; health effects; indoor air quality; pollutants emission sources |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects |
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Mata, TM |
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Mata, TM Felgueiras, F Martins, AA Monteiro, H Ferraz, MP Oliveira, GM Gabriel, MF Silva, GV |
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Felgueiras, F Martins, AA Monteiro, H Ferraz, MP Oliveira, GM Gabriel, MF Silva, GV |
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Mata, TM Felgueiras, F Martins, AA Monteiro, H Ferraz, MP Oliveira, GM Gabriel, MF Silva, GV |
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elderly care centers; health effects; indoor air quality; pollutants emission sources |
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elderly care centers; health effects; indoor air quality; pollutants emission sources |
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The world population is ageing, in particular in the developed world, with a significant increase in the percentage of people above 60 years old. They represent a segment of the population that is more vulnerable to adverse environmental conditions. Among them, indoor air quality is one of the most relevant, as elders spend comparatively more time indoors than younger generations. Furthermore, the recent COVID-19 pandemic contributed immensely to raising awareness of the importance of breathing air quality for human health and of the fact that indoor air is a vector for airborne infections and poisoning. Hence, this work reviews the state of the art regarding indoor air quality in elderly centers, considering the type of pollutants involved, their emission sources, and their health effects. Moreover, the influence of ventilation on air quality is also addressed. Notwithstanding the potential health problems with the corresponding costs and morbidity effects, only a few studies have considered explicitly indoor air quality and its impacts on elderly health. More studies are, therefore, necessary to objectively identify what are the impacts on the health of elderly people due to the quality of indoor air and how it can be improved, either by reducing the pollutants emission sources or by more adequate ventilation and thermal comfort strategies. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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