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Exposure to major volatile organic compounds and carbonyls in European indoor environments and associated health risk

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The review process indicated that significant differences in indoor air quality exist within and among the countries where data were available, indicating corresponding differences in sources and emission strength of airborne chemicals, identified or not.
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This article is published in Environment International.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 437 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Indoor air quality & European union.

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Review of evidence on health aspects of air pollution – REVIHAAP Project. Technical Report. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe 2013

Bernard Festy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present answers to 24 questions relevant to reviewing European policies on air pollution and to addressing health aspects of these policies, which were developed by a large group of scientists engaged in the WHO project REVIHAAP.
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A review of indoor air treatment technologies

TL;DR: In this article, a general overview of single treatment techniques such as mechanical and electrical filtration, adsorption, ozonation, photolysis, photocatalytic oxidation, biological processes, and membrane separation is presented.
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Removal of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds via Photocatalytic Oxidation: A Short Review and Prospect

TL;DR: The traditional air cleaning methods and current photocatalytic oxidation approaches in both of VOCs and formaldehyde degradation in indoor environments are reviewed and summarized.
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Formaldehyde in the Ambient Atmosphere: From an Indoor Pollutant to an Outdoor Pollutant?

Tunga Salthammer
- 18 Mar 2013 - 
TL;DR: Today, the formaldehyde concentrations in outdoor air, particularly in polluted urban areas, sometimes already reach indoor levels, largely a result of photochemical processes and the use of biofuels.
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Characterization and health risk assessment of VOCs in occupational environments in Buenos Aires, Argentina

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used passive diffusion monitors (3M-3500) to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air in small enterprises in La Plata city and surrounding areas.
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IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

TL;DR: This timely monograph is a distillation of knowledge of hepatitis B, C and D, based on a review of 1000 studies by a small group of scientists, and it is concluded that hepatitis D virus cannot be classified as a human carcinogen.
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Environmental Health Criteria

IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans: Some traditional herbal medicines, some mycotoxins, naphthalene and styrene

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TL;DR: Members Ahti Anttila, Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Liisankatu 21 B, 00170 Helsinki, Finland Ramesh V. Bhat, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania PO, Hyderabad-500 007 AP, India.
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Cleaning products and air fresheners: exposure to primary and secondary air pollutants

TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine direct empirical evidence with the basic principles of indoor pollutant behavior and with information from relevant studies, to analyze and critically assess air pollutant exposures resulting from the use of cleaning products and air fresheners.
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