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Indoor air pollution, physical and comfort parameters related to schoolchildren's health: Data from the European SINPHONIE study

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 739; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139870

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Ramen Munir Baloch, Cara Nichole Maesano, Jens Christoffersen, Soutrik Banerjee, Marta Fonseca Gabriel, Éva Csobod, Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes, Isabella Annesi‐Maesano, Éva Csobod, Péter Szuppinger, Réka Prokai, Petur Farkas, Cecilia Fuzi, Eduart Cani, Jasna Draganic, Eszter Réka Mogyorosy, Zorica Korac, Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes, Gabriela V. Silva, Joana Madureira, Inês Paciência, Anabela Martins, Ricardo Pereira, Elisabete Ramos, Péter Rudnai, Anna Páldy, Gyula Dura, Tímea Beregszászi, Éva Vaskövi, Donát Magyar, Tamás Pándics, Zsuzsanna Remény-Nagy, Renáta Szentmihályi, Orsolya Udvardy, Mihály János Varró, Stylianos Kephalopoulos, D. Kotzias, Josefa Barrero-Moreno, Rahmije Mehmeti, Aida Vilic, Daniel Maestro, Hanns Moshammer, Gabriela Strasser, Piegler Brigitte, Philipp Hohenblum, Eddy Goelen, Marianne Stranger, Maarten Spruy, Momchil Sidjimov, Adamos Hadjipanayis, Andromachi Katsonouri, Eleni Demetriou, Ruzana Kubinova, Helena Kazmarová, Beatricia Dlouha, Bohumil Kotlík, Helen Vabar, Jüri Ruut, Meelis Metus, Kristiina Rand, Antonina Järviste, Aino Nevalainen, Anne Hyvärinen, Martin Täubel, Kati Järvi, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Corinne Mandin, Bruno Berthineau, Heinz-Joern Moriske, Marcia Giacomini, Anett Neumann, J.G. Bartzis, Krystallia Kalimeri, Dikaia Saraga, M. Santamouris, Margarita Niki Assimakopoulos, Vasiliki Asimakopoulos, Paolo Carrer, Andrea Cattaneo, Salvatore Pulvirenti, Franco Vercelli, Fabio Strangi, Elida Omeri, Silvia Piazza, Andrea D'Alcamo, Anna Clara Fanetti, Piersante Sestini, Magdalini Kouri, Giovanni Viegi, Giuseppe Sarno, Sandra Baldacci, Sara Maio, Sonia Cerrai, Vincenzo Franzitta, Salvatore Bucchieri, Fabio Cibella, Marzia Simoni, Margherita Neri, Dainius Martuzevičius, Edvinas Krugly, Stephen Montefort, Peter Fsadni, Piotr Z. Brewczyński, Ewa Krakowiak, Jolanta Kurek, Elżbieta Kubarek, Agnieszka Wlazło, Carlos Borrego, Célia Alves, Joana Valente, Eugen Gurzau, Cristina Roșu, Gabriela Popita, Iulia A. Neamtiu, Cristina Neagu, Dan Norback, Phylomena Bluyssen, Michel Böhms, Peter van den Hazel, Flemming R. Cassee, Yuri Bruinen de Bruin, Alena Bartoňová, Aileen Yang, Katarína Halzlová, Michal Jajcaj, Milada Kániková, Olga Miklankova, Marianna Vítkivá, Milena Jovašević-Stojanović, Marija Živković, Žarko Stevanović, Ivan Lazović, Zana Stevanovic, Zorica Živković, Sofija Cerović, Jasmina Jocić‐Stojanović, Dejan Mumovic, Paula Tarttelin, Lia Chatzidiakou, Evangelia Chatzidiakou, Marie-Christine Dewolf,

Noise Effects and Management

Substantial knowledge is available on the association of the indoor school environment and its effect among schoolchildren. In the same context, the SINPHONIE (School indoor pollution and health: Observatory network in Europe) conducted a study to collect data and determine the distribution of several indoor air pollutants (IAPs), physical and thermal parameters and their association with eye, skin, upper-, lower respiratory and systemic disorder symptoms during the previous three months. Finally, data from 115 schools in 54 European cities from 23 countries were collected and included 5175 schoolchildren using a harmonized and standardized protocol. The association between exposures and the health outcomes were examined using logistic regression models on the environmental stressors assessed in classroom while adjusting for several confounding factors; a VOC (volatile organic compound) score defined as the sum of the number of pollutants to which the children were highly exposed (concentration > median of the distribution) in classroom was also introduced to evaluate the multiexposure - outcome association. Schoolchildren while adjusting for several confounding factors. Schoolchildren exposed to above or equal median concentration of PM2.5, benzene, limonene, ozone and radon were at significantly higher odds of suffering from upper, lower airways, eye and systemic disorders. Increased odds were also observed for any symptom (sick school syndrome) among schoolchildren exposed to concentrations of limonene and ozone above median values. Furthermore, the risks for upper and lower airways and systemic disorders significantly increased with the VOCs score. Results also showed that increased ventilation rate was significantly associated with decreased odds of suffering from eye and skin disorders whereas similar association was observed between temperature and upper airways symptoms. The present study provides evidence that exposure to IAPs in schools is associated with various health problems in children. Further investigations are needed to confirm our findings.