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Indoor environment and children's health: recent developments in chemical, biological, physical and social aspects
Authors:Le Cann Pierre  Bonvallot Nathalie  Glorennec Philippe  Deguen Séverine  Goeury Christophe  Le Bot Barbara
Affiliation:aEHESP-School of Public Health, Rennes, France;bIRSET-Research Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health, Rennes, France;cINSERM-National Institute for Health and Medical Research - U625, Rennes, France
Abstract:Much research is being carried out into indoor exposure to harmful agents. This review focused on the impact on children's health, taking a broad approach to the indoor environment and including chemical, microbial, physical and social aspects. Papers published from 2006 onwards were reviewed, with regards to scientific context. Most of publications dealt with chemical exposure. Apart from the ongoing issue of combustion by-products, most of these papers concerned semi volatile organic compounds (such as phthalates). These may be associated with neurotoxic, reprotoxic or respiratory effects and may, therefore, be of particular interest so far as children are concerned. In a lesser extent, volatile organic compounds (such as aldehydes) that have mainly respiratory effects are still studied. Assessing exposure to metals is still of concern, with increasing interest in bioaccessibility. Most of the papers on microbial exposure focused on respiratory tract infections, especially asthma linked to allergens and bio-aerosols. Physical exposure includes noise and electromagnetic fields, and articles dealt with the auditory and non auditory effects of noise. Articles on radiofrequency electromagnetic fields mainly concerned questions about non-thermal effects and papers on extremely low-frequency magnetic fields focused on the characterization of exposure. The impact of the indoor environment on children's health cannot be assessed merely by considering the effect of these different types of exposure: this review highlights new findings and also discusses the interactions between agents in indoor environments and also with social aspects.
Keywords:Indoor environment   Chemical   Biological and physical exposure   Respiratory illness   Children   Social health inequalities
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