Indoor environment quality (IEQ) factors

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Indoor environment quality (IEQ) factors()

Obs	Exposure metric	Response	Response metric	Exposure route	Exposure unit	ERF parameter	ERF	Description/Reference
1	Visible dampness and/or mold or mold odor	Respiratory health effect	Respiratory symptoms and diseases	Inhalation	yes/no	OR	several, see Note 1	Note 1
2	Dampness and/or mold	Depression	Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; depression (self-report); trends of depression	Inhalation, Other?		OR	1.6 (1.28-5.00)	Note 2
3	Dampness and/or mold	Mental health	Anxiety; depression; various mental illness symptoms/indicators	Inhalation, Other?		OR	1.6 (1.4-2.2)	Note 2
4	Dampness and/or mold	Self-assessed health	Health status as bad; aches/pains; headache; tiredness; vomiting/diarrhoea	Inhalation, Other?		OR	1.6 (1.6-2.2)	Note 2
5	Wood smoke	Respiratory health effect	Respiratory symptoms and infections	Inhalation		OR		Note 3, Note 4
6	Wood smoke	Irritation of eyes and mucosa
7	Wood smoke	Respiratory health effect	Asthma aggravating	Inhalation
8	Wood smoke	Odour problems	Unwanted sensing of odour	Inhalation
9	Wood smoke	Intimacy problems	Decreased intimacy of living
10	Wood smoke	Chronic infections		Inhalation
11	Wood smoke	Cancer		Inhalation
12	Tobacco smoke	Respiratory health effect	Respiratory symptoms and infections	Inhalation
13	Tobacco smoke	Irritation of eyes and mucosa
14	Tobacco smoke	Respiratory health effect	Asthma aggravating	?
15	Tobacco smoke	Odour problems	Unwanted sensing of odour	Inhalation
16	Tobacco smoke	Intimacy problems	Decreased intimacy of living
17	Tobacco smoke	Chronic infections		Inhalation
18	Tobacco smoke	Cancer
19	Insufficient air exchange	Headache
20	Insufficient air exchange	Tiredness
21	Insufficient air exchange	Decreased ability to concentrate
22	Insufficient air exchange	Feeling of fug
23	Thermal conditions; heat	Tiredness
24	Thermal conditions; heat	Decreased ability to concentrate
25	Thermal conditions; heat	Increased respiratory symptoms
26	Thermal conditions; heat	Feeling of dryness
27	Thermal conditions; heat	Intimacy problems	Decreased intimacy of living
28	Thermal comfort (draught or cold)	Mental health	One or more of 7 mental illness symptoms; GHQ>=5; sf36		OR	1.29	Note 2
29	Thermal comfort (heat or cold)	Depression	Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; Depression (self-report);Feeling down;		OR	1.57 (1.30-2.79)	Note 2
30	Thermal comfort (heat or cold; general perception of thermal problems)	Self-assessed health	Bad self reported heatlh; aches/pains; headache; tiredness; vomiting/diarrhoea		OR	2.6 (1.05-2.6)	Note 2
31	Thermal conditions (cold)	Feeling of draught
32	Thermal conditions (cold)	Decreased intimacy of living
33	Noise	Hearing injury
34	Noise	Sleep disturbance and its consequences
35	Noise	Stress
36	Noise	Stress					Decreased intimacy of living
37	Proximity to traffic	Mortality(?)
38	Radon	Lung cancer
39	Relative humidity

Note 1 ERF of indoor dampness on respiratory health effects

Note 2 WP6 well-being report

Note 3 ERF of PM2.5 on mortality in general population

Note 4 Concentration-response to PM2.5

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