Air Quality in Indoor Environments, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: exposure assessment; occupational exposure; occupational health; aerosols; bacteriology; atmosphere pollution; indoor air quality; environmental health
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2. Public Health Research Centre, NOVA National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1099-085 Lisbon, Portugal
3. Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: fungal occupational exposure; indoor air quality; aspergillus epidemiology
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Interests: aromatic plants; antimicrobial properties; bioactivity; food safety and quality
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Interests: environmental health; healthy ageing; susceptible population exposure to air pollutants; human health impacts to air pollutants; indoor and atmospheric air quality assessment; source apportionment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the third edition of this Special Issue. According to the World Health Organization, ambient air pollution is a major global public health concern. High levels of pollution in the air may cause diseases and have health repercussions in the long or short term, such as stroke, heart diseases, lung cancer, and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases. Indoor and ambient air pollution have been recognised as one of the main risk factors for non-communicable diseases, alongside unhealthy diets, tobacco smoking, harmful use of alcohol, and physical inactivity. Most outdoor air pollutants penetrate into our homes, workplace, and schools and can react with indoor air pollutants. In fact, the concentrations of harmful air pollutants can be higher in indoor than in outdoor spaces. Moreover, people spend most of their time (over 90%) indoors. This evidence shows the importance of studying the exposure to indoor air pollution (including chemicals and bioaerosols), which is a very important health risk factor that needs to be controlled and reduced.
Therefore, we encourage scholars to submit their manuscripts for publication in the second edition of this Special Issue.
Dr. Ana Monteiro
Prof. Dr. Carla Viegas
Dr. Sandra Cabo Verde
Dr. Marina Almeida-Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- indoor air quality
- indoor air pollution
- health care facilities
- occupational health
- public health
- schools
- dwellings
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