TY - GEN
T1 - Study on the relationship between indoor air quality and children's health in Beijing
AU - Cui, Na
AU - Xie, Jing Chao
AU - Bian, Wen Yue
AU - Yoshino, Hiroshi
AU - Yanagi, U.
AU - Zhang, Hui Bo
AU - Li, Zhen Hai
AU - Liu, Jing
AU - Lv, Yang
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Indoor air quality (IAQ) has been concerned since 1970s in some western countries. Many researchers have studied the effects of air pollution on children's health and evidence suggested that it did contribute significantly to the risk of adverse health in children. Children spend the majority of their time indoors, mostly at home. To study health effects of long-term exposure to indoor air, we conducted a questionnaire survey about indoor environment and children's health status in 2012 on the 4-5 grades children of a primary school in Beijing. The questionnaire was used to collect data on general information of children, living environment, residential equipments and lifestyle and children's health status. We classified the investigated families into several categories according to residential surrounding air pollution, decoration and smoking. Then we observed respiratory symptoms like cough, dyspnea with phlegm, nasal obstruction, asthma and some allergy symptoms in different categories. The results of this survey suggest that indoor air quality is associated with children's health. Morbidity of children's respiratory system symptoms and some allergy symptoms is higher in relatively poor indoor environment.
AB - Indoor air quality (IAQ) has been concerned since 1970s in some western countries. Many researchers have studied the effects of air pollution on children's health and evidence suggested that it did contribute significantly to the risk of adverse health in children. Children spend the majority of their time indoors, mostly at home. To study health effects of long-term exposure to indoor air, we conducted a questionnaire survey about indoor environment and children's health status in 2012 on the 4-5 grades children of a primary school in Beijing. The questionnaire was used to collect data on general information of children, living environment, residential equipments and lifestyle and children's health status. We classified the investigated families into several categories according to residential surrounding air pollution, decoration and smoking. Then we observed respiratory symptoms like cough, dyspnea with phlegm, nasal obstruction, asthma and some allergy symptoms in different categories. The results of this survey suggest that indoor air quality is associated with children's health. Morbidity of children's respiratory system symptoms and some allergy symptoms is higher in relatively poor indoor environment.
KW - Allergy symptoms
KW - Children
KW - Indoor air pollution
KW - Respiratory health
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.368-370.525
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.368-370.525
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885706501
SN - 9783037857922
T3 - Applied Mechanics and Materials
SP - 525
EP - 530
BT - Frontiers of Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering III
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering, GBMCE 2013
Y2 - 21 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -