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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The comprehensive study of indoor environment and residents' health, considering chemical sensitivity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14208009
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
Research InstitutionYOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

NAKAI Satoshi  Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Professor, 大学院・環境情報研究院, 教授 (70217644)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MASUNAGA Shigeki  Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Professor, 大学院・環境情報研究院, 教授 (50282950)
YANAGISAWA Yukio  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Environment systems, Professor, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (30313042)
SAKABE Koh  Kitasato University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (70162302)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
KeywordsChemical Sensitivity / Indoor Environment / Exposure Assessment / Volatile Organic Compounds / Aldehyde / Passive Sampler
Research Abstract

In order to study the indoor environment and the change in pollutant levels, we formed two cohorts to follow in Hokkaido. Formaldehyde has a tendency to become higher in the summer and lower in the winter. We supposed that formaldehyde levels in newly built houses are the highest, but results don't support it. The furniture which residents brought into the house might contribute to formaldehyde concentration.
We investigated the longitudinal change of personal exposure levels for chemical sensitivity (CS) patients, and observed the seasonal/monthly trends in their personal exposure levels. No relationship between the recuperation of CS-related symptoms and the concentrations of aldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was recognized ; although, based on the results from active and passive sampling, some of the chemicals may be responsible for the symptoms.
A CS treatment house was built at Asahikawa in 2001. The formaldehyde concentration in each room was less than 20 ppb just after the construction and since then. VOC levels were also low. The indoor environment of the house is good for CS with regard to chemical contamination. Patients who started their treatment stay at the CS house were fairly satisfied with staying at the house and with indoor environment. We also conducted the similar study at Izu.
We tried to derive the sampling rate (SR) for diffusion samplers from the geometry (diffusion area and diffusion length) of the samplers and the physical properties of VOCs based on Fick's law of diffusion. SRs were also determined experimentally using simultaneous active (pump) and diffusion sampling. For most samplers and most VOCs, the theoretically determined SRs were nearly the same as the experimentally established SRs. Accurate calculation of SRs for VOCs based on the diffusion theory seems possible without the need to perform experimental measurements.

  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2006 2005 2002

All Journal Article (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] 拡散型サンプラーにおける理論的補集速度の算出法の検討2006

    • Author(s)
      光崎 純
    • Journal Title

      室内環境学会誌 9

      Pages: E8-E23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Theoretical Determination of the Sampling Rates of Diffusion Samplers for Volatile Organic Compounds2006

    • Author(s)
      Kohzaki J.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Society of Indoor Environment, Japan

      Pages: E8-E-22

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Exposure Assessment of Chemical Sensitivity Patients.2005

    • Author(s)
      Nakai S
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate

      Pages: 3943-3947

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Hokkaido Healthy Housing (H3) Study : Study Design and Baseline Findings2002

    • Author(s)
      Nakai S
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate Vol.4

      Pages: 444-448

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Indoor Environment of the Chemical Sensitivity (CS) Patient House at Asahikawa, Japan.2002

    • Author(s)
      Nakai S
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate Vol.1

      Pages: 607-611

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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