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| The World Health Organisation IAQ guidelines aim to safeguard human health by providing health-based recommendations for appropriate fuels, technologies, and strategies within indoor environments, along with international exposure limits. Stressing the paramount importance of human health and potential indoor contaminants, the World Health Organisation has emphasised the significance of IAQ determinants in its technical documents and position papers<sup><small>101</small></sup>.
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| The World Health Organisation IAQ guidelines offer a comprehensive framework to protect public health from health risks posed by common indoor air pollutants. These guidelines result from rigorous evaluations of scientific evidence by a multidisciplinary group of experts. They encompass pollutants such as benzene, nitrogen dioxide, PAHs, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, radon, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene<sup><small>102</small></sup>. For carcinogenic pollutants like benzene, unitary risk values are defined for the general population, reflecting their presence in the air<sup><small>103</small></sup>.
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| The guidelines are targeted at public health professionals, building designers, and authorities overseeing indoor materials and products, providing a consolidated reference to mitigate environmental exposure risks<sup><small>104</small></sup>. Supported by robust evidence reviews, the guidelines evaluate indoor sources, concentrations, outdoor relationships, and health effects of selected pollutants<sup><small>105</small></sup>.
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| ''' Table1: WHO IAQ Guidelines Summary Table''' (Extracted from WHO IAQ Guidelines 2010)<sup><small>106</small></sup> <small><sub>.</sub></small>
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| === ''' References ''' ===
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| (101) Gaetano Settimo et al, “Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy,” MDPI, 1 March 2020. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/4/370#B6-atmosphere-11-00370
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| (102) Gaetano Settimo et al, “Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy,” MDPI, 1 March 2020. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/4/370#B6-atmosphere-11-00370
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| (103) Gaetano Settimo et al, “Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy,” MDPI, 1 March 2020. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/4/370#B6-atmosphere-11-00370
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| (104) The World Health Organisation, “WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality,” the WHO regional office for Europe, 2010. Available online: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789289002134
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| (105) The World Health Organisation, “WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality,” the WHO regional office for Europe, 2010. Available online: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789289002134
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| (106) The World Health Organisation, “WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality,” the WHO regional office for Europe, 2010. Available online: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789289002134
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| [[Category: IAQ Policy Landscape]]
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