Assessment of indoor and outdoor air quality in primary schools of Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic measures in May-July 2021.

ABSTRACT: Combined pollutant effects from indoor and outdoor sources on children's health, while being at school have not been holistically tackled. The aim of the School Temperature and Environmental Pollutants Study (STEPS) was to perform a school population representative assessment of indoor air quality (IAQ) in primary schools of densely and intermediate populated areas of Cyprus (n = 42). The study took place during May-July 2021 when a school-specific COVID-19 protocol was in place. Questionnaire-based characteristics of schools/classrooms were collected along with 24/48-h long IAQ monitoring of air temperature, relative humidity (RH), particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO₂) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), using low-cost sensors. Mixed effect models assessed the IAQ de

SUBMITTER: Konstantinou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9057936 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature