Review article
Air Pollution Studies
Mirka Fugaš
Vladimira Vađić
Krešimir Šega
Nataša Kalinić
Janko Hršak
Anica Šišović
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the research in the area of air pollution, carried out exclusively at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health and performed by the scientists of the Institute. For the past fifty years, air quality has been studied at work, in the ambient air of urban and industrial areas, and in various indoor environments without occupational exposure. Methods for sampling and measuring air pollutants have been introduced or developed and verified. The behaviour and the fate of air pollutants in the environment have also been investigated. Since the primary goal of the studies was to assess the extent of human exposure to air pollutants, the data were used to calculate the risk for various population groups. A dynamic model of exposure for various population groups relied on calculations of collected data, taking into account time spent in various microenvironments. This text describes the cooperation of the Institute with other institutions and agencies on the national and international level and outlines the current and prospective activities.
Keywords
air pollution; air quality surveillance; ambient air; dynamic model of exposure; human exposure assessment; indoor air; passive samples
Hrčak ID:
2763
URI
Publication date:
9.9.1999.
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