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Guidance for Indoor Air Quality Investigations.

PB88150784

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	29
Abstract	Information was presented to aid employers and employees in evaluating indoor air problems. The report was divided into three sections. The first dealt with information gathered through the experience of the authors with indoor air quality problems and delineated some of the more significant causes of these problems. The information was gathered through a background assessment, initial site visits, walk through evaluations, personal interviews, environmental monitoring and followup site visits. Specific causes discussed include inadequate ventilation, inside contamination, outside contamination, microbiological contamination, and building fabric contamination. The second part was a self help approach to assist the reader in evaluating an indoor air quality problem. Such an evaluation would require input from complaints which must be documented; a characterization of the building; walk through surveys; attention to carbon-dioxide (124389) levels, humidity, and temperature; estimation of the provision of adequate amounts of outside air; and elimination of all sources of contamination.
Keywords	Industrial hygiene Guidance Dusts Air quality Exhaust systems Office workers Air pollution detection Occupational safety and health Air sampling Health protection Indoor air pollution
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 94D - Job Environment 41I - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198809

Guidance for Indoor Air Quality Investigations.

Guidance for Indoor Air Quality Investigations.
PB88150784

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	29
Abstract	Information was presented to aid employers and employees in evaluating indoor air problems. The report was divided into three sections. The first dealt with information gathered through the experience of the authors with indoor air quality problems and delineated some of the more significant causes of these problems. The information was gathered through a background assessment, initial site visits, walk through evaluations, personal interviews, environmental monitoring and followup site visits. Specific causes discussed include inadequate ventilation, inside contamination, outside contamination, microbiological contamination, and building fabric contamination. The second part was a self help approach to assist the reader in evaluating an indoor air quality problem. Such an evaluation would require input from complaints which must be documented; a characterization of the building; walk through surveys; attention to carbon-dioxide (124389) levels, humidity, and temperature; estimation of the provision of adequate amounts of outside air; and elimination of all sources of contamination.
Keywords	Industrial hygiene Guidance Dusts Air quality Exhaust systems Office workers Air pollution detection Occupational safety and health Air sampling Health protection Indoor air pollution
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 94D - Job Environment 41I - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198809