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Evaluation of health benefits for improving indoor air quality in workplace
- Source :
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Environment International . Feb2007, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p186-198. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- In contrast to a majority of reported damage-cost literature being focused on outdoor pollution, this paper describes the development of a protocol that links population exposure data with reported epidemiological concentration-response coefficients. A change in indoor particulate level is expressed as a change in total exposure levels, which is then linked with a corresponding change in ambient particulate concentrations before evaluating the associated health benefits. In this study, the development of protocol is illustrated by using a typical office building environment and daily time activity patterns of office occupants in Hong Kong. Our results indicate that some benefit gains for the owners-employers and the society would be anticipated if certain filter set configurations had been adopted. However, the amount of benefit gains for the owners-employers is shown to be increased with the average salary level of employees and the duration of their stay in offices. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01604120
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Environment International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23515953
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2006.09.007