Characterization and control of exposure to indoor air pollutants generated by occupants
Shelly Lynn Miller, University of California, Berkeley (Degree granting institution)
This dissertation presents a number of concepts that are drawn together because of their important contribution to the understanding of exposure to indoor air pollutants and the potential for reducing exposure through application of technological controls. Two classes of indoor air pollutants that are generated by human occupants are considered: environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and airborne particles carrying bacteria or viruses that are released from persons with certain infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB). This dissertation specifically develops and applies an innovative method for apportioning exposure from previously gathered personal monitoring and emission factor data; a powerful set of tools to quantitatively investigate residential ETS-particle exposures and to evaluate the effectiveness of practical control measures; and new experiments on the effectiveness of technological controls for infectious disease control
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 1996