Assessing the Impact of Indoor Air Quality on Respiratory Health- Some Prescriptions

NiveditaKaul; A.B. Gupta; Sumit Khandelwal

Authors

NiveditaKaul Department of Civil Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A.B. Gupta Department of Civil Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Sumit Khandelwal Department of Civil Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Keywords:

Hydrogen Gas sensors, Nanostructures, Metal oxide semiconductors, Surface defects

Abstract

The aim of this review article is paper is to bring out the challenges of measuring impact of indoor air quality of urban domestic and commercial kitchens on the respiratory health of the exposed individuals especially the cooks. It highlights the importance of devising detailed experimental protocols for quantifying the exposure; assessing the short and long term morbidities to general respiratory symptoms through a properly designed questionnaire; measuring lung function parameters to represent short and long term effects of exposure; and applying appropriate statistics to establish cause-effect relationships. The main aim of this paper is to promote studies across the country linking indoor air quality and health through standard protocols to generate data pertinent to our environment and help evolve an appropriate management strategy.