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Dicle University, 1st International Archictecture Symposium, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 4 - 06 October 2018, pp.1245-1258
Indoor air pollution is an important hazardous
effect that causes many deaths around the world each year. Although there are a
vast number of scientific researches focusing on indoor air pollutants; not
only the pollution / effecter, but also the building user / affected should be
examined in order to study the phenomenon in every aspect. Exposure can be
defined as an agent to create a change on a target by reaching and touching it
on a contact boundary. In the frame of exposure to indoor air pollutants, the
main routes of exposure are respiration, olfaction, contact to skin and eye
surfaces and the contact boundary can be considered as the inner surfaces of
respiratory system and outer surfaces of the body. Exposure can be encountered
with air pollutants to only touch the contact boundary, however, in most cases,
it happens after the pollutants pass this border into body systems to cause
symptoms of health problems. Adverse effects of exposure happen in relation to
properties of human and the co-occurrence of humans and pollutants. Exposure
route and contact boundary, exposure duration, frequency, location and
susceptibility of users to pollutants constitute the basic factors. For
accurate assessment of health effects of indoor air pollution on humans, the
route of exposure should be examined through biological properties of the
respiratory system, tidal volume and biological properties of skin and eyes.
The usage detail of the building, the closed units in which users spend time
periodically can be determined for the duration of exposure, frequency and
location. Also biological properties such as age, sex, etc. and psychological
and social behaviors and habits can indicate the susceptibility. In order to
execute a valid and accurate assessment of exposure to indoor air pollution,
proper methods to determine these properties, to relate them towards realistic
results will be beneficial.