A comprehensive review on indoor air pollutants and their health impacts: priority pollutants and suggested mitigations

IF 2.9 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Air Quality Atmosphere and Health Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI:10.1007/s11869-025-01750-3

Jiaer Yang, Jing Duan, Xinyi Niu, Tafeng Hu, Yu Huang, Jian Sun, Junji Cao

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Abstract

Indoor air pollution (IAP) represents a significant environmental health challenge driven by complex interactions among multi-source contaminants. This comprehensive review examines the health impacts of IAP, with a focus on respiratory and cardiovascular pathologies, while proposing an integrated mitigation framework. Through systematic analysis of epidemiological studies and mechanistic investigations, we identify three dominant pollution pathways: combining source control of emissions, advanced air purification technologies, and optimized ventilation designs to reduce indoor pollutant concentrations. Current research gaps highlight the need for long-term exposure assessments, investigations into vulnerable population susceptibility, and interdisciplinary approaches to unravel gene-environment interactions. Future directions emphasize the development of scalable monitoring solutions and harmonized policies addressing both indoor and outdoor air quality. This review provides a foundational framework for advancing evidence-based interventions and fostering sustainable building practices to mitigate the global burden of IAP-related health outcomes.

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对室内空气污染物及其健康影响的全面审查：优先污染物和建议的缓解措施

室内空气污染是一项重大的环境健康挑战，由多源污染物之间复杂的相互作用驱动。这项全面审查审查了IAP对健康的影响，重点是呼吸和心血管疾病，同时提出了一个综合缓解框架。通过对流行病学研究和机理调查的系统分析，我们确定了三个主要的污染途径：结合排放源控制、先进的空气净化技术和优化通风设计来降低室内污染物浓度。目前的研究差距突出了长期暴露评估、易感人群易感性调查和跨学科方法来揭示基因-环境相互作用的必要性。未来的方向强调开发可扩展的监测解决方案和协调的政策，以解决室内和室外空气质量问题。本综述为推进循证干预措施和促进可持续建筑实践提供了一个基础框架，以减轻与iap相关的健康结果的全球负担。

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Air Quality Atmosphere and Health ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

CiteScore

8.80

自引率

2.00%

发文量

146

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health is a multidisciplinary journal which, by its very name, illustrates the broad range of work it publishes and which focuses on atmospheric consequences of human activities and their implications for human and ecological health. It offers research papers, critical literature reviews and commentaries, as well as special issues devoted to topical subjects or themes. International in scope, the journal presents papers that inform and stimulate a global readership, as the topic addressed are global in their import. Consequently, we do not encourage submission of papers involving local data that relate to local problems. Unless they demonstrate wide applicability, these are better submitted to national or regional journals. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health addresses such topics as acid precipitation; airborne particulate matter; air quality monitoring and management; exposure assessment; risk assessment; indoor air quality; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric modeling and prediction; air pollution climatology; climate change and air quality; air pollution measurement; atmospheric impact assessment; forest-fire emissions; atmospheric science; greenhouse gases; health and ecological effects; clean air technology; regional and global change and satellite measurements. This journal benefits a diverse audience of researchers, public health officials and policy makers addressing problems that call for solutions based in evidence from atmospheric and exposure assessment scientists, epidemiologists, and risk assessors. Publication in the journal affords the opportunity to reach beyond defined disciplinary niches to this broader readership.