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Article: Indoor air quality: Part II--what it does.(Environmental Health Hot Topics)
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- Pediatric Nursing
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Indoor air--the air that we breathe in the built environment--has become an acknowledged health concern for the past 30 years. Multiple factors have an impact on this air. Age of the building, building materials, ventilation, activities conducted, humidity, and outdoor air are some examples. Children spend almost 90% of their time inside, therefore making the air they breathe a significant source of potential and actual exposure to pollutants. Children are more vulnerable because of the uniqueness of growth and development from infancy through adolescence. Young children spend much of their time close to the floor gaining exposure to pollutants such as heavy metals, ...