Indoor Air Pollution in Cars: An Update on Novel Insights

Nicole Zulauf, Janis Dröge, Doris Klingelhöfer, Markus Braun, Gerhard M. Oremek and David A. Groneberg
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Nicole Zulauf: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
Janis Dröge: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
Doris Klingelhöfer: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
Markus Braun: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
Gerhard M. Oremek: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
David A. Groneberg: Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-11

Abstract: From a global viewpoint, a lot of time is spent within the indoor air compartment of vehicles. A German study on mobility has revealed that, on average, people spend 45 minutes per day inside vehicles. In recent years the number of cars has increased to around 43 million vehicles in private households. This means that more than one car can be used in every household. The ratio has been growing, especially in eastern Germany and rural areas. “Overall and especially outside the cities, the car remains by far number one mode of transport, especially in terms of mileage”. Therefore, numerous international studies have addressed different aspects of indoor air hygiene, in the past years. In this paper, meaningful original studies on car indoor air pollution, related to VOCs, COx, PMs, microbials, BFRs, OPFRs, cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, high molecular weight plasticizer, and NOx are summarized in the form of a review. This present review aimed to summarize recently published studies in this important field of environmental medicine and points to the need for further studies with special recommendations for optimizing the interior air hygiene.

Keywords: car indoor; air pollution; volatile organic compounds (VOC); carbon oxides (COx); particulate matter (PM); airborne bacteria; fungi; (novel) brominated flame retardants ((N)BFR); organophosphate flame retardants (OFR); high molecular weight plasticizer; nitrogen oxides (NOx) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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