TwinAIR latest publication, titled “Exposures in Indoor Air Affecting Health,” now published in the Allergy journal. This expert review brings insights from 7 EU-funded projects within the IDEAL Cluster in which TWINAIR project is a part.
TwinAIR collective goal is to expand scientific understanding, raise public awareness, and support actionable measures that can reduce pollutant exposure—especially in dense urban environments where risks are often highest.
The authors of the article are: Maria Hartiala, Varpu Elenius, Alicia Aguado Pesquera, Silas Androulakis, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Artur Badyda, Sicco Brandsma, Ioanna Chatziprodromidou, Goran Gajski, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Chiara Giorio, Timo Hugg, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Sarah Koch, Pim E. G. Leonards, Angeliki Matrali, Lisa Melymuk, Natalie Mueller, Adam Muszyński, Jet Opbroek, Inês Paciência, Spyros N. Pandis, Sofya Pozdniakova, Aino K. Rantala, Sandra Rodríguez Sufuentes, Linda Schenk, Eva Sugeng, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Apostolos Vantarakis, Alexander Zherebker, Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, Pernilla Bohlin Nizzetto, José Fermoso Dominguez, Stylianos Karatzas, Francesco Mureddu, Heidi Salonen, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Tuomas Jartti, the IDEAL Consortium and its respective DOI is the following: https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70179
The abstract of the publication can be found below.
ABSTRACT
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is influenced by a wide range of chemical, biological and physical agents that can negatively impact physical, immunological and mental health. Adverse health effects depend on the type and concentration of pollutants, duration of exposure, and individual susceptibility. The availability of data on IAQ is limited, as are standardized approaches for evaluating its health impact. This expert review aims to describe the most important indoor air determinants affecting health, and present the IDEAL cluster, which comprises seven EU-funded scientific projects on the topic of IAQ and human health. Across the IDEAL projects, knowledge is generated on exposure to a wide range of indoor air pollutants, including well-known hazards and more explorative chemical and microbiological determinants. The projects will also contribute to the implementation of low-cost and/or real-time sensors on IAQ, as well as advanced chemical and microbiological analyses, and evaluate various interventions to improve IAQ. Several of them focus on particularly vulnerable groups. Raising public awareness and implementing measures to reduce pollutant levels are essential for safeguarding health, particularly in urban areas with elevated pollution levels.
You can reach the full article following this link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/all.70179