title: [Main indoor air pollutants and their health impacts].
abstract: The quality of indoor air is a very important factor that may directly affect human health. There are many sources as well as a variety of indoor air pollutants. Therefore, the health impact is complicated, affecting different organs and systems of human being such as respiratory and immune system. The main indoor air pollutants are the combustion products from smoking, cooking and heating, the chemical pollutants from renovation materials and the biological contaminants. The kinds, sources and health impacts of these pollutants that affect the indoor air quality are reviewed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental and Health Related Product Safety, China Center for Disease and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yinlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects; D006361:Heating / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D012499:Sanitation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution