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Table 2 Outdoor and indoor exposure levels (PM2.5, radon and VOC) and prevalence of exposure (dampness in homes and second hand smoke of non-smoking population) in European countries used for burden of disease calculations

From: Reducing burden of disease from residential indoor air exposures in Europe (HEALTHVENT project)

 

a)Out. PM2.5

b)Ind. PM2.5

c)Out. VOC

d)Ind. VOC

e)Ind. Radon

f)Dampness homes

g)SHS non-smokers

 

μg m−3

μg m−3

μg m−3

μg m−3

Bq m−3

%

%

Austria

17

5

103

298

97

8

14

Belgium

19

5

103

298

69

14

18

Bulgaria

22

5

103

298

30

n/a

23

Cyprus

23

4

103

298

7

30

31

Czech Republic

23

5

116

334 (8

140

16

16

Denmark

13

3

103

298

53

11

17

Estonia

11

3

103

298

120

23

16

Finland

9

3

64

226 (8

120

5

2

France

12

5

77

223 (9

89

14

9

Germany

16

5

103

297 (10

50

13

13

Greece

21

4

155

345 (9

55

19

28

Hungary

25

5

103

298

107

19

12

Ireland

8

3

103

298

89

15

14

Italy

20

4

181

489 (8

70

21

11

Latvia

12

3

103

298

n/a

26

12

Lithuania

14

3

103

298

55

25

28

Luxembourg

12

5

52

148 (9

115

15

8

Netherlands

19

5

46

134 (9

30

18

15

Poland

22

5

103

298

49

37

21

Portugal

18

4

38

213 (9

86

20

13

Romania

23

5

103

298

45

29

23

Slovakia

23

5

103

298

87

6

13

Slovenia

17

5

103

298

87

17

14

Spain

16

4

103

298

90

18

20

Sweden

10

3

77

223 (11

108

6

3

UK

13

3

85

245 (8

20

15

7

EU-26

17

4

104

298

64

18

14

  1. a)De Leeuw and Horalek, 2009 [28], b)Hänninen, et al. 2004 [11] (in case of missing data, European average value used), c)Outdoor VOC concentrations were calculated based on indoor concentrations by using data on fraction estimations from literature (Finland 0,22, Greece 0.31, Italy 0.27, Portugal 0.15, other countries 0.26 (population weighted EU-26 mean value based on the four previous values), d)Data on indoor VOC concentrations collected from several source (indicated separately, in case of missing data, European average value used, indicated with italics), e)EU Radonmapping [29] (in case of missing data, European average value used), f)WHO/ENHIS Fact Sheet 3.5 [30], g)Survey on Tobacco, Eurobarometer 253, 2009 [23], h)EXPOLIS study Jantunen MJ. et al. 1998 [31], i)IAIAQ model, Jantunen et al. 2012 [22], j)GerEs study: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/health/assessing-environmentally-related-health-risks/german-environmental-survey-geres, k)Norback, D. et al. 1995 [32].