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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Indoor air quality handbook. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001 (OCoLC)606493254 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D Spengler; Jonathan M Samet; John F McCarthy |
| ISBN: | 0074455494 9780074455494 |
| OCLC Number: | 45064599 |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1: Introduction. -- Introduction to the IAQ Handbook. -- The History and Future of Ventilation. -- Sick Building Syndrome Studies and the Compilation of Normative and Comparative Values. -- Estimates of Potential Nationwide Productivity and Health Benefits from Better Indoor Environments: An Update. -- Indoor Air quality Factors in Designing a Healthy Building. -- Part 2: Building Systems. -- An Overview of the U.S. Building Stock. -- HVAC Systems. -- HVAC Subsystems. -- Air Cleaning Particles. -- Removal of Gases and Vapors. -- Disinfecting Air. -- Controlling Building Functions. -- Ventilation Strategies. -- Building Fires and Smoke Management. -- Part 3: Human Responses. -- Thermal Comfort Concepts and Guidelines. -- Thermal Effects on Performance. -- The Irritated Eye in Indoor Environment. -- Lighting Recommendations. -- The Acoustic Environment Responses to Sound. -- Physicochemical Basis for Odor and Irritation Potency of VOCs. -- Response to Odors. Perceived Air Quality and Ventilation Requirements. -- Animal Bioassays for Evaluation of Indoor Air Quality. -- Computorized Animal Bioassay to Evaluate the Effects of Airborne Chemicals on the Respiratory Tract. -- Sensory Irritation in Humans Casued by Valative Organic Compounds (VOCs) as Indoor Air Pollutants: A Summary of 12 Exposure Experiments. -- Methods for Assessing Irritation Effects in AIQ Field and Laboratory Studies. -- Multiple Chemical Intolerance and Indoor Air Quality. -- Environmentally Induced Skin Disorders. -- Part 4: Indoor Pollutants. -- Combustion Products. -- Environmental Tobacco Smoke. -- Volatile Organic Compounds. -- Aldehydes. -- Assessing Human Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds. -- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Phthalates, and Phenols. -- Pesticides. -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls. -- Fibers. -- Asbestos. -- Synthetic Vitreous Fibers. -- Radon. -- Latex. -- Endotoxins. -- Allergens Derived from Arthropods and Domestic Animals. Pollen in Indoor Air: Sources, Exposures, and Health Effects. -- The Fungi. -- Toxigenio Fungi in the Indoor Environment. -- Tuberculosis. -- Legionella. -- Part 5: Assessing IAQ. -- Strategies and Methodologies to Investigate Buildings. -- Tracking Ultrafine Particles in Building Investigations. -- Instruments and Methods for Measuring Indoor Air Quality. -- Measuring Ventilation Performance. -- Assessing occupant Reaction to Indoor Air Quality. -- Building-Related Disease. -- Methods to Assess Workplace Stress and Psychosocial Factors. -- Cost of Responding to Complaints. -- Modeling IAQ and Building Dynamics. -- Indoor Air Quality Modeling. -- Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Indoor Air Quality Studies. -- Part 6: Preventing Indoor Environmental Problems. -- Indoor Air Quality by Design. -- Building Commissioning for Mechanical Systems. -- Prevention during Remodeling Restoration. -- Prevention and Maintenance Operations. -- Prevention with Cleaning. -- Part 7: Special Indoor Environments. -- Indoor Environmental Quality in Hospitals. -- Residential Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds from Nearby Commercial Facilities. -- Recreation Buildings. -- Transporation. -- Day-Care Centers and Health. -- Part 8: Risk Assessment and Litigation. -- The Risk Analysis Framework: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Communication. -- IAQ and the Law. |
| Responsibility: | John D. Spengler, Jonathan M. Samet, John F. McCarthy, editors. |
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