Linkages between outdoor and indoor air quality issues : pollutants and research crossing the threshold

Relationships between research about indoor and outdoor air quality are reviewed. The author mentions that outdoor air pollution has attached greater regulatory interest, although people spend more time indoors. The contribution of exposure to indoor pollutants is now more recognized but this increased consideration has little effect on regulations. Nevertheless, the author considers that indoor air quality researchers and public health officials have a lot to learn from the outdoor air quality experience, in fields such as exposure, dosimetry, health effects and risks, mixed exposures.