학교 실내공기질 및 건강 영향

Sçhool Indoor Air Quality and Health Effects

Indoor air quality at classrooms is of specia1 concem since students are susceptible and indoor air problems can be so subtle that it does not always produce easily recognizable health effects. The main 0ectives of the study were to investigatε the time-activity pattem of school students, to deterrnine the sources of poor indoor air quality in schools, and to demonstrate how indoor air quality in schools causes adversε health effects such as headache, upper airway irritation, fatigue, and lethargy. Recent articles ranging from 1987-2009 related to school indoor air qua1ity were systematically reviewed. Building-associated hea1th effects can increase student absences from school and degrade the performance of children while in school. The reduced ventilation rate was associatεd with a decreasεd ability to concentrate along with increased adverse hea1th symptoms. There was an association between residential prornity to busy roads and a variety of adverse respiratory health outcomes in children. Consequently, the current findings suggest the need for control strategy for school indoor air pollutants with multidisciplinary approach methods because Korea has no other natural resources except manpower especia11y.