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@article{Carro2023AirQuality,
author = {Gustavo Carro and Olivier Schalm and Patrick Storme and
Griet Blanckaert and Serge Demeyer},
journal = {Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health},
month = sep,
title = {Indoor air quality for heritage objects and human
health: just a different interpretation of the same
measurements?},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The environmental conditions in a
conservation-restoration studio for paintings induce
an inherent risk to objects of art and to humans
working on those objects. They are both subject to
(sometimes dangerous) chemical substances and
fluctuations in environmental conditions (e.g.,
temperature, relative humidity). In this paper, we
report on a measuring campaign which lasted more than
a year collecting data about the air quality within a
painting studio of a higher education institute. An
existing algorithm assessed the indoor air quality
for heritage objects using international air quality
standards. This contribution presents a new algorithm
to assess indoor air quality for human health relying
on thresholds imposed by legislation and recommended
by reference institutes. This algorithm has been
applied to the same measuring campaign. The
assessments illustrate that the same environmental
conditions have a different impact on canvas
paintings, panel paintings, students, and staff. Air
quality is thus a relative concept that depends on
the object/subject that is considered in the
analysis.},
annote = {internationaljournal},
doi = {10.1007/s11869-023-01427-9},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-023-01427-
9},
}