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With all the emphasis on atmospheric air pollution and efforts to control it, we forget that most of us spend much of our lives indoors where air quality is quite different and often much worse than that outdoors. Addresses the recent, rapid expansion of interest in indoor air quality and its contribution to total human exposure to air pollutants by presenting past and present developments and also the directions that the field seems to be taking.
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Even though indoor air quality is often worse than that of the outdoors, until relatively recently this type of pollution has not been given serious attention by researchers and regulators. Much of the research on this subject has been done since 1975, so an up-to-date assessment is pertinent. The coverage is broader than the title might imply; the authors, both of whom have had extensive professional experience with indoor air problems, not only review components of an indoor air monitoring program, factors affecting pollutant circulation in buildings, and measurement techniques, but also discuss possible sources, methods of detection, and typical observed levels for each of the important pollutants. The significance of this topic is increasingly being recognized, and this is an excellent introduction at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduates. Clear diagrams and figures, an extensive bibliography (through 1989), and appendixes that summarize data from major indoor air studies add to its usefulness. Recommended. H. E. Pence; SUNY College at Oneonta
