title: Correlating health effect with indoor air quality in kindergartens.
abstract: In 24 kindergartens the relation between the presence of readily visible, man-made mineral-fiber products in the ceilings and the presence/frequency of symptoms or diseases and the correlations between complaints of symptoms or disease and the concentration of man-made mineral-fibres in the indoor environment was investigated. A combination of traditional epidemiological technique and a technical analysis of a number of indoor-air parameters did not support the hypothesis that the presence of readily visible man-made mineral-fiber products in the ceiling should be mainly responsible for the occurrence of symptoms and/or disease related to indoor exposure in kindergartens.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012574:Schools; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants