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Indoor Air Quality Levels in Schools: Role of Student Activities and No Activities

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  • Gaetano Settimo

    (Environment and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, viale Regina Elena 299, I-00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Luciana Indinnimeo

    (Department of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza I, Viale Regina Elena 324, I-00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Marco Inglessis

    (Environment and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, viale Regina Elena 299, I-00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Marco De Felice

    (Environment and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, viale Regina Elena 299, I-00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Roberta Morlino

    (Environment and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, viale Regina Elena 299, I-00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Annalisa di Coste

    (Department of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza I, Viale Regina Elena 324, I-00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Alessandra Fratianni

    (Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, via F. De Sanctis, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy)

  • Pasquale Avino

    (Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, via F. De Sanctis, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy)

Abstract

This work describes a methodology for the definition of indoor air quality monitoring plans in schools and above all to improve the knowledge and evaluation of the indoor concentration levels of some chemical pollutants. The aim is to guide interventions to improve the health of students and exposed staff connected with the activities carried out there. The proposed methodology is based on the simultaneous study of chemical (indoor/outdoor PM 2.5 , NO 2 , CO 2 ) and physical (temperature, humidity) parameters by means of automatic analyzers coupled with gaseous compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, formaldehyde and NO 2 ) sampled by denuders. The important novelty is that all the data were collected daily in two different situations, i.e., during school activities and no-school activities, allowing us to evaluate the exposure of each student or person. The different behaviors of all the measured pollutants during the two different situations are reported and commented on. Finally, a statistical approach will show how the investigated compounds are distributed around the two components of combustion processes and photochemical reactions.

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  • Gaetano Settimo & Luciana Indinnimeo & Marco Inglessis & Marco De Felice & Roberta Morlino & Annalisa di Coste & Alessandra Fratianni & Pasquale Avino, 2020. "Indoor Air Quality Levels in Schools: Role of Student Activities and No Activities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:18:p:6695-:d:413536
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    1. Zhen Peng & Wu Deng & Rosangela Tenorio, 2017. "Investigation of Indoor Air Quality and the Identification of Influential Factors at Primary Schools in the North of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-14, July.
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