TY - JOUR
T1 - Sources, levels, and determinants of indoor air pollutants in Europe
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Martins, Carla
AU - Teófilo, Vânia
AU - Clemente, Marta
AU - Corda, Mariana
AU - Fermoso, Jose
AU - Aguado, Alicia
AU - Rodriguez, Sandra
AU - Moshammer, Hanns
AU - Kristian, Alexandra
AU - Ferri, Mireia
AU - Costa-Ruiz, Belén
AU - Pérez, Leticia
AU - Hanke, Wojciech
AU - Badyda, Artur
AU - Kepa, Piotr
AU - Affek, Katarzyna
AU - Doskocz, Nina
AU - Martín-Torrijos, Laura
AU - Mulayim, Mehmet Oguz
AU - Martinez, Cesar Mediavilla
AU - Gómez, Alba
AU - González, Ruben
AU - Cano, Isaac
AU - Roca, Josep
AU - de Leede, Simon
AU - Viegas, Susana
N1 - Funding Information:
This systematic review has been performed in the framework of the K-HEALTHinAIR project funded by the European Union (Grant agreement ID: 101057693).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Authors
PY - 2025/2/10
Y1 - 2025/2/10
N2 - Clean air is a requirement for life, and the quality of indoor air is a health determinant since people spend most of their daily time indoors. The aim of this study was to systematically review the available evidence regarding the sources, determinants and concentrations of indoor air pollutants in a set of scenarios under study in K-HEALTHinAIR project. To this end, a systematic review was performed to review the available studies published between the years 2013–2023, for several settings (schools, homes, hospitals, lecture halls, retirement homes, public transports and canteens), conducted in Europe, where sources and determinants of the indoor pollutants concentrations was assessed. After a two-stage screening in abstract and full-text, 148 papers were included for data extraction. For particulate matter, carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds, several emission sources were identified (occupancy, human activities, resuspension, cleaning products, disinfectants, craft activities, cooking, smoking), with ventilation, number of occupants, building characteristics, being considered as important determinants. This review made also possible to discuss some of the actions that are already in place or should be implemented in the future to prevent and control the presence of pollutants indoors.
AB - Clean air is a requirement for life, and the quality of indoor air is a health determinant since people spend most of their daily time indoors. The aim of this study was to systematically review the available evidence regarding the sources, determinants and concentrations of indoor air pollutants in a set of scenarios under study in K-HEALTHinAIR project. To this end, a systematic review was performed to review the available studies published between the years 2013–2023, for several settings (schools, homes, hospitals, lecture halls, retirement homes, public transports and canteens), conducted in Europe, where sources and determinants of the indoor pollutants concentrations was assessed. After a two-stage screening in abstract and full-text, 148 papers were included for data extraction. For particulate matter, carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds, several emission sources were identified (occupancy, human activities, resuspension, cleaning products, disinfectants, craft activities, cooking, smoking), with ventilation, number of occupants, building characteristics, being considered as important determinants. This review made also possible to discuss some of the actions that are already in place or should be implemented in the future to prevent and control the presence of pollutants indoors.
KW - Europe
KW - Indoor air quality
KW - Indoor pollutants
KW - Sources of exposure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85215585749&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178574
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178574
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39855122
AN - SCOPUS:85215585749
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 964
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 178574
ER -
