Reading List

This page provides a comprehensive list of references cited throughout the EDIAQI Wiki.

(This list is continuously updated.)

EDIAQI Project Deliverables

• EDIAQI. D3.1 Indoor Air Pollution Observation Toolkit.

• EDIAQI. D3.2 Guidelines for Pilot City Labs to Set-Up Indoor Pollutant Monitoring Stations.

WHO

• World Health Organization. (1987). Air quality guidelines for Europe.

• World Health Organization. (2000). Air quality guidelines for Europe (2nd edition).

• World Health Organization. (2005). Air quality guidelines global update 2005.

• World Health Organization. (2009). WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: dampness and mould.

• World Health Organization. (2010). WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: selected pollutants.

• World Health Organization. (2014). WHO Guidelines for indoor air quality: Household fuel combustion.

• World Health Organization. (2021). WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide.

• World Health Organization. (2023, September 26). Household air pollution and health (Fact sheet).

European Union

• Council of the European Union. (1989, November 30). Council Directive 89/654/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC).

• European Parliament & Council. (2008, May 21). Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. Official Journal of the European Union

• Council of the European Union. (2013, December 5). Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. Official Journal of the European Union, L 13, 1-73.

• European Parliament & Council. (2024, October 23). Directive (EU) 2024/2881 of 23 October 2024 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast). Official Journal of the European Union

• European Parliament. (2021). European Parliament resolution of 25 March 2021 on the implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives: Directive 2004/107/EC and Directive 2008/50/EC.

• European Commission. (2018). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Europe that protects: Clean air for all.

• European Commission: Directorate-General for Environment. (2022). Study to support the impact assessment for a revision of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives: final report. Publications Office of the European Union.

• European Commission. EU clean air policy.

• European Commission: Directorate-General for Environment. EU air quality standards.

Zero Pollution Action Plan (ZPAP)

• European Commission. (2021). EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil'.

• European Commission. (2021) Zero Pollution Action Plan.

• European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. (2022). Horizon projects supporting the zero pollution action plan. Publications Office of the European Union.

• European Commission, J.R.C. (2022). Zero Pollution Outlook 2022. Publications Office of the European Union.

Outdoor air

• European Commission. (2022) Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives.

European Environment Agency (EEA)

• European Environment Agency. (2019). Healthy environment, healthy lives: how the environment influences health and well-being in Europe. (Report)

• European Environment Agency. (2020). Air quality in Europe — 2020 report. (Report)

• European Environment Agency. (2023). Air pollution and children's health. (Briefing no. 07/2023)

• European Environment Agency. (2025). Air quality status report 2025. (Web report)

Scientific papers

• van den Brekel, L., Lenters, V., Mackenbach, J. D., Hoek, G., Wagtendonk, A., Lakerveld, J., ... & Vaartjes, I. (2024). Ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in air pollution exposure: a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide individual-level data from the Netherlands. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(1), e18-e29.

• Dimitroulopoulou, S., Dudzińska, M. R., Gunnarsen, L., Hägerhed, L., Maula, H., Singh, R., ... & Haverinen-Shaughnessy, U. (2023). Indoor air quality guidelines from across the world: An appraisal considering energy saving, health, productivity, and comfort. Environment International, 178, 108127.

• Fuller, R., Landrigan, P. J., Balakrishnan, K., Bathan, G., Bose-O'Reilly, S., Brauer, M., ... & Yan, C. (2022). Pollution and health: a progress update. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(6), e535-e547.

• Halios, C. H., Landeg-Cox, C., Lowther, S. D., Middleton, A., Marczylo, T., & Dimitroulopoulou, S. (2022). Chemicals in European residences–Part I: A review of emissions, concentrations and health effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Science of the Total Environment, 839, 156201.

• Hossain, M. P., Zhou, W., Leung, M. Y., & Yuan, H. Y. (2024). Association of air pollution and weather conditions during infection course with COVID-19 case fatality rate in the United Kingdom. Scientific reports, 14(1), 683.

• Jacobson, T. A., Kler, J. S., Hernke, M. T., Braun, R. K., Meyer, K. C., & Funk, W. E. (2019). Direct human health risks of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nature Sustainability, 2(8), 691–701.

• Laurent, É. (2022). Air (ine) quality in the European Union. Current Environmental Health Reports, 9(2), 123-129.

• Sadrizadeh, S., Yao, R., Yuan, F., Awbi, H., Bahnfleth, W., Bi, Y., ... & Li, B. (2022). Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment. Journal of Building Engineering, 57, 104908.

• Settimo, G., Manigrasso, M., & Avino, P. (2020). Indoor air quality: A focus on the European legislation and state-of-the-art research in Italy. Atmosphere, 11(4), 370.

• Asikainen, A., Carrer, P., Kephalopoulos, S., de Oliveira Fernandes, E., Wargocki, P., & Hänninen, O. (2016). Reducing burden of disease from residential indoor air exposures in Europe (HEALTHVENT project). Environmental Health, 15(S1), 61-72.

• Bennett, W. D., & Zeman, K. L. (1998). Deposition of fine particles in children spontaneously breathing at rest. Inhalation Toxicology, 10(9), 831-842.

• Bonassi, S., et al. (2021). The micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes as a biomarker of genotoxic risk. Scientific Reports, 11, 16793.

• Carreira, L., et al. (2023). Inhalation of indoor microplastics and potential respiratory health hazards. Environmental Pollution, 318, 120890.

• Cincinelli, A., & Martellini, T. (2017). Indoor air quality and health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(11), 1286.

• Darby, S., et al. (2005). Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies. BMJ, 330, 223.

• Day, D. B., et al. (2017). Association of ozone exposure with cardiorespiratory pathophysiologic features in healthy adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(9), 1344-1353.

• Gaffin, J. M., & Phipatanakul, W. (2009). The role of indoor allergens in the development of asthma. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 9(2), 128-135.

• González-Caballero, M. C., et al. (2023). Pollution, Indoor Air. In Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier.

• Gupta, S., et al. (2020). Environmental shaping of the bacterial and fungal community in infant bed dust and correlations with the airway microbiota. Microbiome, 8, 115.

• Jafari, M. J., et al. (2015). Association of sick building syndrome with indoor air parameters. Tanaffos, 14(1), 55-62.

• Janssen, N. A. H., et al. (2003). The relationship between air pollution from heavy traffic and allergic sensitization, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and respiratory symptoms in Dutch schoolchildren. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(12), 1512-1518.

• Lehtimäki, J., et al. (2021). Urbanized microbiota in infants, immune constitution, and later risk of atopic diseases. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 148(1), 234-243.

• Lelieveld, J., et al. (2019). Cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe reassessed using novel hazard ratio functions. European Heart Journal, 40(20), 1590-1596.

• Lovrić, M., Račić, N., Pehnec, G., Horvat, T., Lovrić Štefiček, M. J., & Jakovljević, I. (2024). Indoor Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Relationship to Ambient Air, Risk Estimation, and Source Apportionment Based on Household Measurements. Atmosphere, 15(12), 1525.

• Lovrić, M., et al. (2024). A transdisciplinary approach for investigating indoor air quality and health in vulnerable European populations: The EDIAQI project. BioFactors, 50, 1-18.

• Manigrasso, M., Vitali, M., Protano, C., & Avino, P. (2018). Ultrafine particles in domestic environments: Regional doses deposited in the human respiratory system. Environment International, 118, 134-145.

• Mendell, M. J., & Heath, G. A. (2005). Do indoor pollutants and thermal conditions in schools influence student performance? A critical review of the literature. Indoor Air, 15(1), 27-52.

• Mustafić, H., et al. (2012). Main air pollutants and myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA, 307(7), 713-721.

• Nassan, F. L., et al. (2021). Ambient PM2.5 species and ultrafine particle exposure and their differential metabolomic signatures. Environment International, 151, 106447.

• Račić, N., et al. (2025). Indoor volatile organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in European environments: Sources, concentrations, and health risks. Indoor Air, 2025, 5945455.

• Ranft, U., et al. (2009). Long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate matter impairs cognitive function in the elderly. Environmental Research, 109(8), 1004-1011.

• Šrám, R. J., et al. (2005). Ambient air pollution and pregnancy outcomes: a review of the literature. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(4), 375-382.

• Stading, R., et al. (2021). Molecular mechanisms of pulmonary carcinogenesis by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): Implications for human lung cancer. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 76, 3-16.

• Štampar, M., Tomc, J., Filipič, M., & Žegura, B. (2019). Hepatocyte spheroids as an advanced 3D in vitro model for genotoxicity testing. Archives of Toxicology, 93, 3321-3333.

• Tiotiu, A. I., et al. (2020). Impact of air pollution on asthma outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6212.

• Wang, Z., et al. (2015). Effects of secondhand smoke exposure on asthma morbidity and health care utilization in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 115(5), 396-401.

• Wolkoff, P. (2008). "Healthy" eye in office-like environments. Environment International, 34(8), 1204-1214.

• Zhao, Y., et al. (2020). Measurement of ultrafine particles and black carbon in indoor residential environments. Atmospheric Environment, 228, 117428.

Books

• Hippocrates. (1923). Airs, waters, places. In Hippocrates (Vol. 1, pp. 65–137). (W. H. S. Jones, Trans.). William Heinemann; Harvard University Press. (Original work published ca. 400 B.C.E.)

• Zhang, Y., Hopke, P. K., & Mandin, C. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook of indoor air quality. Springer Nature.

Other

• Popova, D. (2023, October 24). Air equity: Unravelling the pollution puzzle in Sofia’s largest Roma neighborhood. Clean Air Fund.

• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). (2013). Outdoor air pollution. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 109. Lyon, France.

• Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER). (2008). Opinion on risk assessment on indoor air quality. European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection, Brussels.

• WHO Regional Office for Europe. (2019). Environmental health inequalities in Europe: Second assessment report. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.