[Health damage of indoor air pollution by decoration on residents].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the health damage of indoor air pollution on residents by detecting the major indoor air pollutants and surveying the health indexes of residents.


METHODS
159 decorated houses were divided into 2 groups by whether the concentration of formaldehyde exceeded national standard. To analyze the health damage of formaldehyde and TVOC on residents, respectively.


RESULTS
The concentrations of formaldehyde of the over standard group and the corresponding under standard group were (0.170 +/- 0.075) mg/m3 and (0.064 +/- 0.022) mg/m3, the concentrations of TVOC of the over standard group and the corresponding under standard group were (2.033 +/- 1.161) mg/m3 and (0.271 +/- 0.142) mg/m3. The incidence of the fatigue, nausea, eye symptoms, symptoms of nose, throat dessication, skin dessication, skin itching sensation and red swelling of the skin of the over standard group was significantly increased than that of the corresponding under standard group (P < 0.05). The incidence of the nausea, skin itching sensation and breathe hard of the TVOC over standard group was significantly increased than that of the corresponding under standard group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Formaldehyde or TVOC will cause severe health damage.
Liu
Hong-Liang
HL
Tianjin Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China.
Han
Shu-Qing
SQ
Xue
Zhi-Ming
ZM
Wang
Ting
T
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis
D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D005557:Formaldehyde