- Tytuł:
- Indoor Air Quality in a Selected Health Resort Facility: Analysis of PM10, PM2.5 and 222Rn Concentrations
- Autorzy:
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Merenda, Beata
Maciejewski, Piotr
Bezyk, Yaroslav
Sówka, Izabela - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2202169.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2022
- Wydawca:
- Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej
- Tematy:
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health resort
indoor air
particulate matter
PM
222Rn - Opis:
- This paper discusses the importance of indoor air quality and indicates its relation with outdoor air quality in the area of spa treatment. Significant factors and sources causing indoor air pollution by particulate matter and radon are considered. Particular attention is drawn to specific functions of health resorts in spa treatment in the context of the importance of indoor and outdoor air for patients staying in the resorts. It is underlined the specificity of health resorts providing treatment for patients classified as the group most sensitive to air pollution, i.e. people with chronic respiratory diseases. The study comprised measurements of 24-h concentrations of PM10, PM2.5 and 10-minute instantaneous concentrations of radon-222 (222Rn) from February 5 to February 25, 2021 in a treatment room of one of the Polish spas located in Lower Silesia. The analysis of interactions between the concentrations of two fractions of particulates PM10 and PM2.5 was presented. The interaction and dependence of factors affecting the elevated values of concentrations of the studied pollutants were discussed. The presented analyses showed that the concentrations of the studied pollutants were influenced by air exchange and air infiltration from outside to inside. In the case of short-term measurements of 222Rn activity concentration in the air, it was found that the observed changes in hourly concentrations of 222Rn are analogous to those observed in residential buildings. For the specific time intervals, the variation of PM concentrations and 222Rn activity concentration was found to be similar.
- Źródło:
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Journal of Ecological Engineering; 2022, 23, 10; 202--215
2299-8993 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Ecological Engineering
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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