Indoor environment quality (IEQ) factors

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What established or possible indoor environment quality (IEQ) factors exist? What kind of dose-responses have been defined for them?

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Indoor environment quality (IEQ) factors(-)

Obs	Exposure metric	Response	Response metric	Exposure route	Exposure unit	ERF parameter	ERF	Significance	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		Inhalation, Other?					Note 2
3	Dampness and/or mold	Mental health problems		Inhalation, Other?					Note 2
4	Dampness and/or mold	Self-assessed health poorer		Inhalation, Other?					Note 2
5	Dampness and/or mold	Mental health problems		Inhalation	No	OR			Hopton and Hunt (1996)
6	Wood smoke	Respiratory health effect	Respiratory symptoms and infections	Inhalation					Note 3, Note 4
7	Wood smoke	Irritation of eyes and mucosa
8	Wood smoke	Respiratory health effect	Asthma aggravating	Inhalation
9	Wood smoke	Odour problems		Inhalation
10	Wood smoke	Comfort of housing	Decreased comfort of housing
11	Wood smoke	Chronic infections		Inhalation
12	Wood smoke	Cancer		Inhalation
13	Tobacco smoke	Respiratory health effect	Respiratory symptoms and infections	Inhalation
14	Tobacco smoke	Irritation of eyes and mucosa
15	Tobacco smoke	Respiratory health effect	Asthma aggravating
16	Tobacco smoke	Odour problems		Inhalation
17	Tobacco smoke	Comfort of housing	Decreased comfort of housing
18	Tobacco smoke	Chronic infections		Inhalation
19	Tobacco smoke	Cancer
20	VOCs	irritation symptoms etc.
21	CO2	headache, tiredness etc.
22	CO	headache, tiredness etc.
23	Insufficient air exchange	Headache
24	Insufficient air exchange	Tiredness
25	Insufficient air exchange	Decreased ability to concentrate
26	Insufficient air exchange	Feeling of fug
27	Thermal conditions; heat	Tiredness
28	Thermal conditions; heat	Decreased ability to concentrate
29	Thermal conditions; heat	Increased respiratory symptoms
30	Thermal conditions; heat	Feeling of dryness
31	Thermal conditions; heat	Comfort of housing	Decreased comfort of housing
32	Thermal comfort (draught or cold)	Mental health problems							Note 2
33	Thermal comfort (heat or cold)	Depression							Note 2
34	Thermal comfort (heat or cold; general perception of thermal problems)	Self-assessed health poorer							Note 2
35	Thermal conditions (cold)	Feeling of draught
36	Thermal conditions (cold)	Comfort of housing	Decreased comfort of housing
37	Noise	Hearing injury
38	Noise	Sleep disturbance
39	Noise	Stress
40	Noise	Comfort of housing	Decreased comfort of housing
41	Proximity to traffic	Mortality(?)
42	Radon	Lung cancer							Note 5
43	Relative humidity
44	PM	mortality							Note 3
45	PM	chronic bronchitis
46	PM	lung cancer
47	Reduced space (house/flat)	Depression							Note 2
48	Reduced space (house/flat)	Mental health problems							Note 2
49	Reduced space (house/flat)	Self-assessed health poorer							Note 2
50	Garden	Depression							Note 2
51	Floor level	Mental health problems							Note 2
52	Overcrowding	Mental health problems							Note 2
53	Overcrowding	Self assessed health poorer							Note 2
54	Sensory IAQ	Various health and well-being parameters
55	Maternal employment	Maltreatment of Children		Other	yes/no	OR	2.82 (1.59 - 5.00)		Sidebotham et al. 2002
56	No. of house moves in previous 5 years	Maltreatment of Children		Other	2-3	OR	1.32 (0.77 - 2.27)		Sidebotham et al. 2002
57	No. of house moves in previous 5 years	Maltreatment of Children		Other	4 or more	OR	2.81 (1.59 - 4.96)		Sidebotham et al. 2002
58	Accomodation	Maltreatment of Children		Other	overcrowed	OR	2.16		Sidebotham et al. 2002
59	Accomodation	Maltreatment of Children		Other	Council	OR	7.65		Sidebotham et al. 2002
60	Accomodation	Maltreatment of Children		Other	Rented	OR	4.47		Sidebotham et al. 2002
61	Social Network Score	Maltreatment of Children		Other	<21	OR	3.09 (1.84 - 5.19)		Sidebotham et al. 2002
62	Parental unemployement	Maltreatment of Children		Other	yes/no	OR	2.33		Sidebotham et al. 2002
63	Car use	Maltreatment of Children		Other	yes/no	OR	2.23		Sidebotham et al. 2002

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

Note 5 Health impact of radon in Europe

Rationale

An example for RefTaq functionality: Pope et al. (2002)

Juho Kutvonen and Salla Mönkkönen Hopton and Hunt (1996)

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