IMPACT OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY ON WORKERS HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

Harmful health outcomes from exposure to air pollution have been documented for decades. Air pollution outdoors and indoor air pollution have detrimental effects on workers' health and productivity in different working environments. Indoor air pollution seriously affects occupants' health as individuals spend most of their time indoors completing other activities of daily living, working, and sleeping. A large number of epidemiological research have demonstrated that the influence of indoor air pollution results in damaging health effects. Various kinds of indoor air contamination have different impacts on occupants. Environmental conditions and individual human characteristics are associated with illness distribution, and people experience results differently. Some factors may enlarge the risk of adverse health outcomes, while others can promote health and well being. This paper aims to summarize the different aspects of exposure to indoor air pollution and the adverse effects of indoor air pollution on workers' health and productivity in various working environments.