SYTTY
INDOOR AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Project leader: Kristina Saarela, VTT Building and Transport,
P.O.Box 1401, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland, tel. +358-9-456 5292, e-mail: Kristina.Saarela@vtt.fi
PUBLICATIONS
(Updated May 20, 2002)
Articles in international scientific conference proceedings
Villberg, K. and Saarela, K., Identification of volatile organic compounds in indoor air: Comparison of Tenax TA and Tenax GR in collecting the odours compounds. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality & Climate, Indoor Air 99, Edinburgh, Scotland. (4) pp. 437-442.
Kirchner, S., Badey, J.R., Knudsen, H., Meininghaus, R., Quenard, D., Saarela, K., Sallée, H. and Saarinen, A., Evaluation of VOCs sorption/diffusion capacities of indoor surface materials: proposal of new test procedures. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality & Climate, Indoor Air 99, Edinburgh, (1) pp. 430-435.
Saarela K, Villberg K, Lukkarinen T, Emissions from Materials and Structures (Invited paper), Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000, Espoo, 6-10.8.2000. Vol 4, pp.35-50, Espoo, Finland 2000. O. Seppänen, J. Säteri (eds.) SIY Indoor Air Information Oy, Helsinki 2000.
Villberg K, Saarela K, Lukkarinen T, Mussalo-Rauhamaa H, Comparison of different chemical groups related to sick building syndrome (SBS), Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000. Espoo, 6-10.8.2000. Vol 1, pp.419-424, Espoo, Finland 2000. O. Seppänen, J. Säteri (eds.) SIY Indoor Air Information Oy, Helsinki 2000.
Saarinen A, Saarela K, Investigations of the sorption phenomena of VOCs on material surfaces, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000, Espoo, 6-10.8.2000. Vol 4, pp.191-202, Espoo, Finland 2000. O. Seppänen, J. Säteri (eds.) SIY Indoor Air Information Oy, Helsinki 2000.
Kasanen, J.-P., Villberg, K., Saarela, K., Pasanen, P., Kalliokoski, P., Pasanen, A.-L.: Airway irritation of VOC mixtures based on the emissions of the finishing materials - PVC floorings and paints. Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000. Espoo, 6-10.8.2000, Vol. 1, s. 101-106, O. Seppänen, J. Säteri (eds.) SIY Indoor Air Information Oy, Helsinki 2000.
Pasanen, A.-L., Kasanen, J.-P., Pasanen, P., Kalliokoski, P., Villberg, K., Saarela, K.: Irritation potency of building material emissions – a possible tool for evaluation of healthy materials. Proceedings of the Second NSF International Conference on Indoor Air Health. Trends and Advances in Risk Assessment and Management. Miami, 29-31.1.2001, pp. 113-121. NSF 2001.
Kasanen, J.-P., Pasanen, A.-L., Villberg, K., Saarela, K., Pasanen, P., Kalliokoski, P.: Sensory irritation of 2-hexanone in mice. The IXth International Congress of Toxicology, 8-12.7.2001, Brisbane, Australia. Toxicology 164: 164-165, 2001.
Kasanen, J.-P., Pasanen, A.-L., Villberg, K., Saarela, K., Pasanen, P., Kalliokoski, P.: Sensory irritation of mixture of ethylbenzene and 2-hexanone in mice. To be presented in Indoor Air'2002 conference, 30.6-5.7.2002 (abstract has been accepted).
Villberg, K., Saarela, K., Mussalo-Rauhamaa, H., Malmberg, M. and Haahtela, T., Correlations between VOCs emitted from building materials and diagnosed building related symptoms. To be presented in Indoor Air'2002 conference, 30.6-5.7.2002 (abstract has been accepted).
Articles in Finnish journals
Saarela, K., Kasanen, J.-P., Mussalo-Rauhamaa, H., Pasanen, A.-L., Villberg, K.: Kun koti sairastaa - kemiallisen altistuksen aiheuttamat terveysongelmat. (When home is sick - health problems caused by chemical exposure.) Sisäilma 3/2001, s. 10-11.
Mussalo-Rauhamaa H., Villberg, K., Saarela K.: Sisäilman haihtuvien organisten yhdisteiden terveyshaitat. Ilmansuojelu 5/2001, s. 31-34.
Saarinen, A., 1999, Sisäilmatutkimus kehittyy, Ympäristötekniikka, (4-6), pp. 49-50.
Articles in Finnish scientific compilation works and Finnish scientific conference proceedings
Anna Saarinen and Kristina Saarela, Sorption properties of building materials and their impact on indoor air quality (in Finnish), National Indoor Climate Conference, pp. 347-352, FiSIAQ, Report 14, 2000, Espoo, Finland
Kirsi Villberg, Kristina Saarela, Helena Mussalo-Rauhamaa, Correlation between measured indoor air quality and health problems (in Finnish), National Indoor Climate Conference, pp. 335-340, FiSIAQ, Report 14, 2000, Espoo, Finland
Jukka-Pekka Kasanen, Kirsi Villberg, Pentti Kalliokoski, Pertti Pasanen, Kristina Saarela and Anna-Liisa Pasanen, Airway Irritation of VOC mixtures based on the emissions of selected finishing materials, National Indoor Climate Conference, pp. 241-246, FiSIAQ, Report 14, 2000, Espoo, Finland
Kasanen, J.-P., Villberg, K., Kalliokoski, P., Pasanen, P., Saarela, K., Pasanen, A.-L. Eräiden rakennusmateriaaliemissioiden ärsytysominaisuudet. (Irritation properties of some building material emissions). In Sisäilmastoseminaari 2000 (Indoor Air Quality Symposium 2000), SIY Report 14., p. 341-346. Eds. J. Säteri, H. Haahkala, Espoo 2000.
Kasanen, J.-P., Pasanen, A.-L., Villberg, K., Kalliokoski, P., Pasanen, P., Saarela, K.: Haihtuvien orgaanisten yhdisteiden (VOC) aiheuttama ärsytys: etyylibentseenin ja 2-heksanonin seos. In Sisäilmastoseminaari 2002 (Indoor Air Quality Symposium 2002), SIY Report x., p. xx-xx. Eds. J. Säteri, Espoo 2002.
Saarinen, A., Kirchnér, S. and Saarela, K., 1999, Rakennusmateriaalien sorptio. Sisäilmasto-seminaari. toim. Säteri, J. and Hahkala, H., Espoo. pp. 361-366.
Villberg, K., Ojala, M. and Saarela, K., 1999, Nestekromatografiamenetelmän ja Tenax GR:n vertailu materiaaliemissioiden aldehydien analysoinnissa. Sisäilmastoseminaari, toim. Säteri, J. and Hahkala, H., Espoo. pp. 349-354.
Villberg, K., Mussalo-Rauhamaa, H. and Saarela, K., 1999, Tenax TA:n kattavuus sisäilman laadun arvioinnissa. Sisäilmastoseminaari, toim. Säteri, J. and Hahkala, H., Espoo. pp. 55-58.
Saarinen, A. and Saarela K., 1999, A new method for determination the diffusion coefficients of VOCs through the building materials. Finnish chemical congress and exhibition, 17-19.11.1999, pp. 17.
Other scientific publications
Haahtela, T., Pasanen, A.-L, Saarela K.: Project “Indoor Air Quality Control“, Progress Report, March 1999, Finnish Research Programme on Environmental Health SYTTY, Eds. K. Villberg, A. Saarinen, K. Saarela, T. Lukkarinen, H. Mussalo-Rauhamaa, A.-L. Pasanen, 25 p., Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo (in English)
Saarinen, A., 1999, Rakennusmateriaalien sorptioilmiöt, Master’s
Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, pp. 1-91.