Indoor Air Pollutants and Methods of Detection

Gülnihal Kara 1 * , Mehmet Emin Aydın 1
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1 Selçuk Üniversitesi Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi Çevre Mühendislik Bölümü, Konya, Türkiye
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EUR J BASIC MED SCI, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 39-49. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejbms/9166
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ABSTRACT

Indoor air quality, an important indicator of public health, affects not only human health but also the quality of life. Therefore, the monitoring and control of outdoor air quality as well as indoor air quality is also important. In this study, the important cases affecting indoor air pollutants, the sources of indoor pollutants, the indoor air pollutants and the detection methods for the contaminants of indoor air were explained. Additionally, the standards applied for the control of indoor air pollutants in Europe and other countries were compared.
Keywords: air pollution, indoor air pollutants, indoor pollution

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Kara G, Aydın ME. Indoor Air Pollutants and Methods of Detection. Eur J Basic Med Sci. 2011;1(1):39-49. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejbms/9166

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