Time-Resolved Characterization of Indoor Air Quality due to Human Activity and Likely Outdoor Sources during Early Evening Secondary School Wrestling Matches.

ABSTRACT: Despite positive health outcomes associated with physical activity as well as individual and team sports, poor indoor air and environmental quality can adversely affect human health, performance, and comfort. We conducted a 14-month field case study incorporating two winter sports regular seasons (12/2017-2/2019) including analyses of particulate matter (PMx) in air and in dust, carbon dioxide (CO₂), temperature, and relative humidity (RH%) during secondary or high school wrestling activities in southern New Jersey, USA. After planning and piloting methods during the first winter sports regular season (12/2017-2/2018), during the second winter sports regular season (1-2/2019), we conducted a purposeful simultaneous real-time sampling midgymnasium adjacent to the wrestling mats.

SUBMITTER: Shendell DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205592 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature