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Indoor air quality handbook /
"This handbook brings you solutions to virtually any problem in the field. Leading U.S. and international experts help you to create and maintain safe and healthy environments in structures from hospitals to residences, and handle a range of questions from health and comfort effects and physiol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2001]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Indoor air quality handbook / |c edited by John D. Spengler, Jonathan M. Samet, John F. McCarthy. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 2 | 0 | |g Pt. 1. |t Introduction -- |g Pt. 2. |t Building systems -- |g Pt. 3. |t Human responses -- |g Pt. 4. |t Indoor pollutants -- |g Pt. 5. |t Assessing IAQ -- |g Pt. 6. |t Preventing indoor environmental problems -- |g Pt. 7. |t Special indoor environments -- |g Pt. 8. |t Risk assessment and litigation. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a A. Dedication -- B. CONTRIBUTORS -- C. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A. PART 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE IAQ HANDBOOK -- INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK -- ORGANIZATION OF THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY HANDBOOK -- HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- THE ROLES OF PROFESSIONALS IN INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- REFERENCES -- 2. THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF VENTILATION -- THE HISTORY OF BUILDING VENTILATION -- THE CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TO VENTILATION -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN VENTILATION -- REFERENCES -- 3. SICK BUILDING SYNDROME STUDIES AND THE COMPILATION OF NORMATIVE AND COMPARATIVE VALUES -- INTRODUCTION -- EUROPEAN STUDIES -- UNITED STATES STUDIES -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. ESTIMATES OF POTENTIAL NATIONWIDE PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH BENEFITS FROM BETTER INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS: AN UPDATE -- INTRODUCTION -- APPROACH -- LINKAGE OF BUILDING AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS TO HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY -- EXAMPLE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES -- CONCLUSIONS -- IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 5. INDOOR AIR QUALITY FACTORS IN DESIGNING A HEALTHY BUILDING -- INTRODUCTION -- IAQ HEALTH FACTORS -- THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROCESS -- HEALTHY BUILDING DESIGN -- TOOLS FOR DESIGNING VENTILATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INTERNET RESOURCES -- B. PART 2: BUILDING SYSTEMS -- 6. AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. BUILDING STOCK -- INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. BUILDING STOCK -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXISTING U.S. HOUSING STOCK -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW U.S. HOUSING STOCK -- TRENDS IN NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTING U.S. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW U.S. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS -- TRENDS IN NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION -- REFERENCES -- 7. HVAC SYSTEMS -- DESCRIPTIONS OF HVAC SYSTEMS -- INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF HVAC SYSTEMS -- FUNCTIONS OF HVAC SYSTEMS -- OVERVIEW OF TYPES OF HVAC SYSTEMS -- CONTROL OF THE HVAC SYSTEM -- REFERENCES -- 8. HVAC SUBSYSTEMS -- DUCTS, PLENUMS, AND DIFFUSERS -- HEAT EXCHANGERS -- HUMIDIFICATION AND BUILDING ENVELOPE -- DRYERS -- COOLING TOWERS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 9. AIR CLEANING-PARTICLES -- INTRODUCTION -- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AEROSOLS -- PARTICLE REMOVAL BY FILTERS, ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS, CYCLONES, AND SCRUBBERS -- FILTER TYPES BY FILTER MEDIA AND CONSTRUCTION -- RATING FILTER AND ESP PERFORMANCE: TEST METHODS AND STANDARDS -- APPLICATIONS -- ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 10. REMOVAL OF GASES AND VAPORS -- INTRODUCTION -- ADSORPTION -- CHEMISORPTION -- OTHER PROCESSES -- RESOURCES FOR FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 11. DISINFECTING AIR -- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- AIR DISINFECTION STRATEGIES -- DROPLET NUCLEI TRANSMISSION -- PRINCIPLES OF AIR DISINFECTION -- CURRENT METHODS OF AIR DISINFECTION -- VENTILATION FOR CONTROL OF AIRBORNE INFECTION -- SOURCE STRENGTH AND THE CONCENTRATION OF DROPLET NUCLEI -- AIR SAMPLING FOR TUBERCULOSIS -- AIR FILTRATION FOR CONTROL OF AIRBORNE INFECTION -- ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION -- NOVEL APPROACHES TO AIR DISINFECTION: DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION -- REFERENCES -- 12. CONTROLLING BUILDING FUNCTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- HVAC COMPONENTS -- HVAC CONTROL FUNCTIONS -- INDIVIDUAL CONTROL -- LIGHTING CONTROLS -- SMOKE AND FIRE CONTROL -- REFERENCES -- 13. VENTILATION STRATEGIES -- SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL VENTILATION -- MECHANICAL VENTILATION -- REFERENCES -- 14. BUILDING FIRES AND SMOKE MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- TENABILITY -- PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS -- COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS -- STAIRWELL PRESSURIZATION -- ELEVATOR SMOKE CONTROL -- ZONED SMOKE CONTROL -- ATRIUM SMOKE MANAGEMENT -- SCALE MODELING -- CFD MODELING -- REFERENCES -- C. PART 3: HUMAN RESPONSES -- 15. THERMAL COMFORT CONCEPTS AND GUIDELINES -- INTRODUCTION -- A DEFINITION OF THERMAL COMFORT -- HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS -- BASIC PARAMETERS -- PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR COMFORT -- PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS FOR COMFORT -- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES -- CURRENT MODELS -- REFERENCES -- 16. THERMAL EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE THERMAL EFFECTS -- THERMAL EFFECTS ON SBS AND ON SENSATIONS OF DRYNESS -- THERMAL GRADIENTS -- THERMAL EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE IN VEHICLES -- THERMAL COMFORT AND ITS RELATION TO PERFORMANCE -- THERMAL EFFECTS ON ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY -- THE EFFECTS OF COLD ON MANUAL DEXTERITY -- THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORK -- THERMAL EFFECTS ON MENTAL PERFORMANCE -- THE NEED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTROL -- ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY FROM PERFORMANCE -- REFERENCES -- 17. THE IRRITATED EYE IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT-PHYSIOLOGY, PREVALENCE, AND CAUSES -- MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OUTER EYE -- EYE IRRITATION AND INDOOR AIR POLLUTION -- PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE OUTER EYE MEASURED IN INDOOR-RELATED STUDIES -- IRRITATION INDOORS AND RELATION TO AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS -- REFERENCES -- 18. LIGHTING RECOMMENDATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- LIGHTING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY -- BASIC LIGHTING CONCEPTS -- DISTRIBUTION -- COLOR -- VISIBILITY -- GLARE -- LUMINANCE RATIOS -- MEASUREMENT TOOLS -- MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES -- LIGHTING FOR SUBJECTIVE EFFECT -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LIGHTING -- REFERENCES -- 19. THE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT: RESPONSES TO SOUND -- INTRODUCTION -- ACOUSTIC FUNDAMENTALS -- NOISE FROM HVAC SYSTEMS -- INFRASOUND -- THE EFFECTS OF INDOOR NOISE -- ACCEPTABLE INDOOR NOISE LEVELS -- ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 20. PHYSICOCHEMICAL BASIS FOR ODOR AND IRRITATION POTENCY OF VOCs -- THE SENSORY RECEPTORS FOR OLFACTION AND CHEMESTHESIS -- FUNCTIONAL SEPARATION OF ODOR AND IRRITATION -- CHEMOSENSORY DETECTION THRESHOLDS ALONG CHEMICAL SERIES -- DESCRIPTION AND PREDICTION OF CHEMOSENSORY THRESHOLDS VIA PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- CHEMOSENSORY DETECTION OF MIXTURES -- NEEDS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 21. RESPONSE TO ODORS -- THE NOSE AND HOW IT SERVES US -- HOW DO WE SMELL? -- APPLICATION OF ODOR MEASUREMENTS IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS -- INDOOR ODOR SOURCES, ODOR COMPOUNDS, AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 22. PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- BIOEFFLUENTS -- SENSORY UNITS -- SENSORY POLLUTION LOAD -- VENTILATION REQUIREMENT -- A GENERALIZED COMFORT MODEL -- ADAPTATION -- ENTHALPY -- MEASUREMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 23. ANIMAL BIOASSAYS FOR EVALUATION OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOASSAY FOR EVALUATION OF SENSORY AND PULMONARY IRRITATION -- TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SENSORY AND PULMONARY IRRITATION BIOASSAY -- VALIDATION OF THE SENSORY AND PULMONARY IRRITATION BIOASSAY AND APPLICATIONS -- CALIBRATION OF THE SENSORY AND PULMONARY IRRITATION BIOASSAY AND APPLICATIONS -- ADAPTATION OF THE ASTM E 981 STANDARD METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING MIXTURES -- MIXTURE GENERATING SYSTEMS -- NATURE OF SENSORY IRRITATING VOCs -- NATURE OF THE TRIGEMINAL RECEPTOR OR RECEPTOR PHASE -- ESTIMATING EQUATIONS TO DERIVE THE SENSORY IRRITATING POTENCY OF NRVOCs -- ESTIMATING EQUATIONS TO DERIVE THE SENSORY IRRITATION POTENCY OF RVOCs -- BIOASSAYS TO EVALUATE ASTHMATIC REACTIONS AND AIRWAYS HYPERREACTIVITY OR HYPERRESPONSIVENESS (AHR) -- RECOGNITION OF RAPID, SHALLOW BREATHING (P1) AND AIRFLOW LIMITATION OR BRONCHOCONSTRICTION (A) EFFECTS -- COUGHING -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 24. COMPUTERIZED ANIMAL BIOASSAY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF AIRBORNE CHEMICALS ON THE RESPIRATORY TRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD -- ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF DATA -- VARIABLES MEASURED, DATA MANAGEMENT, AND DATA PRESENTATION -- BREATH CLASSIFICATION DIAGNOSIS AND DATA ANALYSIS -- LIMIT OF DETECTION OR JUST-DETECTABLE EFFECT (JDE) -- TYPICAL RESULTS -- ADVANTAGES OF THE COMPUTERIZED METHOD -- GUIDELINES FOR INVESTIGATORS USING THE COMPUTERIZED METHOD -- PROBLEMS TO BE EXPECTED WITH THE COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND THEIR SOLUTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 25. SENSORY IRRITATION IN HUMANS CAUSED BY VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) AS INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS: A SUMMARY OF 12 EXPOSURE EXPERIMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY SUMMARIES -- DOMINATING SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS OF VOC EXPOSURES -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 26. METHODS FOR ASSESSING IRRITATION EFFECTS IN IAQ FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES -- THE SENSORY IRRITANT RESPONSE -- USE OF BIOLOGIC MARKERS IN HUMANS -- METHODS FOR ASSESSING EYE IRRITATION -- METHODS FOR ASSESSING UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION -- APPLICATION TO IAQ FIELD STUDIES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 27. MULTIPLE CHEMICAL INTOLERANCE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- DEFINING SENSITIVITY AND INTOLERANCE -- PHENOMENOLOGY -- PREVALENCE AND DEMOGRAPHICS -- SYMPTOMS -- THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL INTOLERANCE -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE CHEMICAL INTOLERANCE AND INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS -- CASE DEFINITIONS -- PROPOSED MECHANISMS -- MEDICAL EVALUATION AND TREATMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION -- APPENDIX: THE QEESI? -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 28. ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED SKIN DISORDERS -- OVERVIEW -- PHYSICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE SKIN -- CHEMICAL AGENTS -- BIOLOGICAL AGENTS -- PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS -- SICK BUILDING SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- D. PART 4: INDOOR POLLUTANTS -- 29. COMBUSTION PRODUCTS -- PRINCIPAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS -- THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE -- CARBON MONOXIDE -- OXIDES OF NITROGEN -- SULFUR DIOXIDE, COAL SMOKE, AND OIL FUMES -- WOOD SMOKE -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 30. ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF INVOLUNTARY SMOKING IN CHILDREN -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF INVOLUNTARY SMOKING IN ADULTS -- CONTROL MEASURES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 31. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- SOURCES -- EMISSIONS -- INDOOR CONCENTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 32. ALDEHYDES -- INTRODUCTION -- SENSORY IRRITATION -- FORMALDEHYDE -- ACETALDEHYDE -- ACROLEIN -- GLUTARALDEHYDE -- EXPOSURE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS -- MEASUREMENT -- INDOOR AIR CHEMISTRY -- REFERENCES -- 33. ASSESSING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT METHODS -- HUMAN EXPOSURE -- BODY BURDEN -- CARCINOGENIC RISK -- ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS -- DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 34. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, PHTHALATES, AND PHENOLS -- SOURCES AND MEASURED CONCENTRATIONS IN AIR -- POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 35. PESTICIDES -- INTRODUCTION -- PESTICIDE REGULATION -- RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING USE -- MONITORING METHODS -- OCCURRENCE, SOURCES, FATE, AND TRANSPORT IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT -- EXPOSURE RISKS AND HEALTH EFFECTS -- REFERENCES -- 36. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS -- WHAT ARE PCBs? -- PCBs IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- HISTORIC USES OF PCBs THAT COULD IMPACT INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF PCBs -- U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TOXICITY CRITERIA FOR PCBs -- INDOOR AIR PCB CONCENTRATIONS -- REDUCING EXPOSURE TO PCBs IN INDOOR AIR -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 37. FIBERS -- INTRODUCTION -- ASBESTOS -- VITREOUS FIBERS -- CELLULOSE -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 38. ASBESTOS -- COMMERCIAL ASBESTOS AND HEALTH RISKS -- ASBESTOS BUILDING PRODUCTS -- ASBESTOS EXPOSURE TO BUILDING OCCUPANTS -- BUILDING INSPECTION FOR ASBESTOS -- RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR MANAGING ASBESTOS IN BUILDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 39. SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS -- CHARACTERIZATION -- MEASUREMENTS -- RESULTS -- EFFECTS -- GUIDELINES -- PREVENTION -- REFERENCES -- 40. RADON -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT OF INDOOR RADON -- SOURCES OF EXPOSURE TO INDOOR RADON -- CONCENTRATIONS OF INDOOR RADON -- RESPIRATORY DOSIMETRY OF RADON -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF RADON AND LUNG CANCER -- ANIMAL STUDIES OF RADON AND LUNG CANCER -- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RADON AND LUNG CANCER -- RADON CONTROL STRATEGIES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 41. LATEX -- DEFINITION -- SOURCES -- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS -- MEASUREMENT OF ANTIBODIES -- MEASUREMENT OF ALLERGEN CONCENTRATION IN GLOVES -- MEASUREMENT OF ALLERGEN CONCENTRATION IN AIR -- POPULATIONS AFFECTED -- STANDARDS OF EXPOSURE -- METHODS OF CONTROL -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 42. ENDOTOXINS -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES OF ENDOTOXIN -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF ENDOTOXIN -- SAMPLING METHODS -- METHODS OF ANALYSIS -- CONTROL METHODS -- REFERENCES -- 43. ALLERGENS DERIVED FROM ARTHROPODS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS -- INTRODUCTION -- DUST MITES -- THE GERMAN COCKROACH: BLATTELLA GERMANICA -- ANIMAL DANDER ALLERGENS -- RATS AS A SOURCE OF AIRBORNE ALLERGEN: LABORATORY ANIMALS AND PESTS -- MEASURES USED TO DECREASE ALLERGEN CONCENTRATION IN DOMESTIC BUILDINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 44. POLLEN IN INDOOR AIR: SOURCES, EXPOSURES, AND HEALTH EFFECTS -- INTRODUCTION -- POLLEN AND FLOWER: DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTION -- POLLEN ECOLOGY -- INDOOR POLLEN -- POLLEN SAMPLING -- HEALTH EFFECTS -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- 45. THE FUNGI -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURE OF THE FUNGI -- AIRBORNE FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT -- FUNGI AS AGENTS OF DISEASE -- METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE FUNGAL STATUS OF BUILDINGS -- CONTROLLING FUNGAL EXPOSURE IN BUILDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 46. TOXIGENIC FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- MYCOTOXINS -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- HEALTH EFFECTS FROM MYCOTOXIN EXPOSURES -- STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- REFERENCES -- 47. TUBERCULOSIS -- INTRODUCTION -- TUBERCULOSIS AS A DISEASE AND INDOOR HEALTH HAZARD -- TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS: OVERVIEW -- REFERENCES -- 48. LEGIONELLA -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND ON LEGIONELLA BACTERIA -- EXPOSURE TO LEGIONELLA BACTERIA -- METHODS FOR DETECTING LEGIONELLA BACTERIA -- GUIDELINES FOR REMEDIATION OF LEGIONELLA BACTERIA -- REDUCING RISKS FOR LEGIONELLA INFECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- E. PART 5: ASSESSING IAQ -- 49. STRATEGIES AND METHODOLOGIES TO INVESTIGATE BUILDINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS -- INITIAL COMPLAINT SCREENING -- DETAILED ASSESSMENT -- QUANTITATIVE STUDIES -- COMMUNICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 50. TRACKING ULTRAFINE PARTICLES IN BUILDING INVESTIGATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTRUMENTS -- SOURCES -- METHODS -- CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 51. INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTRUMENT SELECTION PROCESS -- MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES -- QUALITY ASSURANCE ISSUES -- APPENDIX: EXAMPLE VENDORS FOR IAQ MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES -- 52. MEASURING VENTILATION PERFORMANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTRUMENTATION -- MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES -- REFERENCES -- 53. ASSESSING OCCUPANT REACTION TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- THE ROLE OF OCCUPANT SURVEYS -- DECIDING TO CONDUCT AN OCCUPANT SURVEY -- INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SURVEY -- PROCEDURES FOR THE SURVEY -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: REVISED OFFICE ENVIRONMENT SURVEY -- REFERENCES -- 54. BUILDING-RELATED DISEASES -- GENERAL APPROACHES -- LUNG DISEASE TESTING -- INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISORDERS -- ALLERGIC AIRWAYS AND UPPER AIRWAYS DISEASE -- MUCOSAL IRRITATION -- HEADACHE -- INFECTIONS -- DERMATITIS -- MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS -- THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 55. METHODS TO ASSESS WORKPLACE STRESS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS -- STRESS AT WORK -- THE IAQ-STRESS LINK: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 56. COST OF RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS -- INTRODUCTION -- STATISTICAL METHODS -- COMPLAINT LOGS -- RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF COMPLAINTS -- TEMPORAL VARIATION IN COMPLAINT FREQUENCY -- COMPLAINT TEMPERATURES -- COMPLAINT-HANDLING PROCESS -- COST AVOIDANCE POTENTIAL -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 57. MODELING IAQ AND BUILDING DYNAMICS -- THE INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT AS AN INTEGRATED DYNAMIC SYSTEM -- MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT -- MODELING THE INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 58. INDOOR AIR QUALITY MODELING -- INTRODUCTION -- STATISTICAL MODELS -- MASS BALANCE MODELS -- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 59. APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY STUDIES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURE OF AIRFLOW IN BUILDING INTERIORS -- THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING REQUIRED -- FORMULATION OF THE CFD APPROACH -- GOVERNING PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- CFD TECHNIQUES -- VALIDATION OF SELECTED CFD COMPUTATIONS WITH EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- FLEXIBILITY AND RICH INFORMATION FROM CFD SIMULATION -- PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CFD TECHNIQUE -- APPLICATIONS OF THE CFD TECHNIQUE TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY DESIGN AND EXPOSURE PREDICTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- F. PART 6: PREVENTING INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- 60. INDOOR AIR QUALITY BY DESIGN -- INTRODUCTION -- MAJOR IAQ DESIGN STRATEGIES -- DESIGN ISSUES THAT DETERMINE INDOOR AIR QUALITY -- DESIGN SERVICES -- OUTLINE OF STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS OF GOOD IAQ DESIGN -- CONCLUSION -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 61. BUILDING COMMISSIONING FOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS -- COST AND OFFSETS -- RECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING BUILDINGS -- RECOMMISSIONING: A CASE IN POINT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 62. PREVENTION DURING REMODELING RESTORATION -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL SELECTION -- ENGINEERING CONTROLS -- WORK PRACTICES -- SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS -- SPECIAL SITUATIONS -- MONITORING DEVICES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 63. PREVENTION AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- STATISTICS ON THE CAUSE OF IAQ PROBLEMS -- PREVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 64. PREVENTION WITH CLEANING -- INTRODUCTION -- INDOOR SURFACE POLLUTANTS -- DUST SOURCES -- TRANSPORT MECHANISMS -- HEALTH EFFECTS -- CLEANING METHODS -- ASSESSMENT OF CLEANING QUALITY -- CLEANING RESEARCH -- CLEANING AS A SOURCE OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS -- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OF CLEANING WORKERS -- REFERENCES -- G. PART 7: SPECIAL INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS -- 65. INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN HOSPITALS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPOSURE TYPES -- EMERGING HAZARDS -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 66. RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM NEARBY COMMERCIAL FACILITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INDOOR AIR STUDIES -- NYSDOH AND USEPA RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a 67. RECREATION BUILDINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- ICE ARENAS -- OTHER INDOOR VEHICLE EXPOSURES -- SWIMMING POOLS -- RESTAURANTS AND BARS -- LIBRARIES -- MUSEUMS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 68. TRANSPORTATION -- INTRODUCTION -- AUTOMOBILES -- EXPOSURES IN BUSES, TRAINS, MOTORCYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLES -- AIRPLANES -- ANCILLARY FACILITIES AND IMPACT ON SURROUNDINGS -- RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EXPOSURE DURING TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TOTAL EXPOSURE -- REFERENCES -- 69. DAY-CARE CENTERS AND HEALTH -- CHILDREN?S HEALTH PROBLEMS AND FORM OF DAY CARE -- THE DAY-CARE CENTER ENVIRONMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND HEALTH -- TOWARD A BETTER DAY-CARE CENTER ENVIRONMENT -- REFERENCES -- H. PART 8: RISK ASSESSMENT AND LITIGATION -- 70. THE RISK ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK: RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND RISK COMMUNICATION -- INTRODUCTION -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- RISK MANAGEMENT -- RISK COMMUNICATION -- REFERENCES -- 71. IAQ AND THE LAW -- INTRODUCTION -- INDOOR AIR LEGAL SUITS -- LEGAL THEORIES -- INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CASES -- HOW TO PREVENT AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUIT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- I. ABOUT THE EDITORS. |
| 520 | 0 | |a "This handbook brings you solutions to virtually any problem in the field. Leading U.S. and international experts help you to create and maintain safe and healthy environments in structures from hospitals to residences, and handle a range of questions from health and comfort effects and physiologic thresholds to ventilation measurement and employee programs. For answers on instrumentation, contaminants, codes, and guidelines-for the solutions you need to assess, design, and maintain healthy and productive indoor environments, Indoor Air Quality Handbook is the one source to have." Tackles the complex environmental issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for industrial hygienists, HVAC engineers, architects and anyone else concerned with the air quality of interiors * Infused with charts, tables, and all the major formulas and calculations necessary to monitor and characterize a particular environment * Includes all relevant codes, standards and guidelines. | |
| 530 | |a Also available in print edition. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b New York, N.Y. : |c McGraw Hill, |d 2001. |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Web browser. |n Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 545 | 0 | |a Contributor biographical information |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh042/00048024.html | |
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on March 28, 2007. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Housing and health. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indoor air pollution. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Day care centers |x Health aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sick building syndrome. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Air conditioning |x Health aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Buildings |x Environmental engineering. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Fire prevention |v research. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tobacco smoke pollution. | |
| 655 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Spengler, John D. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Samet, Jonathan M. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a McCarthy, John F., |d 1947- | |
| 776 | 0 | |i Print version: |t Indoor air quality handbook. |b First edition. |d New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2001 |w (OCoLC)45064599 | |
| 830 | 0 | |a McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering. | |
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