School building | Indoor pollutant exposure |
Southern location | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Cladosporium herbarum ・ Streptomyces spp |
Western/rural location | Students LESS likely to have high exposure to: ・ Mycobacterium spp ・ Streptomyces spp, Alternaria alternate, Cladosporium herbarum, Trichoderma viride |
Sea coast location | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ PenAsp, Alternaria alternate and Streptomyces spp |
Internal location | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Endotoxin and Mycobacteria ・ Aspergillus versicolor and Cladosporium herbarum |
School constructed before 1970 | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Endotoxin and Mycobacteria spp ・ Streptomyces spp |
Schools converted prior to 2006 | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Cladosporium herbarum ・ Mycobacterium spp |
South facing class windows | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Endotoxin and Alternaria alternate |
Small openable class window areas (<57%) | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Trichoderma viride, Cladosporium herbarum, Alternaria alternate, ・ Streptomyces spp ・ Mycobacteria spp and cat allergen |
Classroom windows facing a street | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Alternaria alternate and Streptomyces spp |
Direct sunlight in classroom | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Trichoderma viride and Cladosporium herbarum |
Curtained area on classroom windows less than mean (11 m2) | Students LESS likely to have high exposure to: ・ Cladosporium herbarum, Streptomyces spp ・ Mycobacteria spp |
Crowded classrooms (<2 m2 per child) | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Cat and dog allergens |
Humid and visible mould damage in classroom | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Mycobacteria spp ・ Cladosporium herbarum, PenAsp, Trichoderma viride |
Class windows kept closed during cleaning | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Trichoderma viride and Cladosporium herbarum ・ Cat allergens |
Daily sweeping of class floor | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Pen Asp, Trichoderma viride, Cladosporium herbarum and cat allergens |
Class floors washed more than once per week | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Cladosporium herbarum and Streptomyces spp ・ Mycobacterium spp |
Class flat furniture surfaces never dusted | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Trichoderma viride, Alternaria alternate, Streptomyces spp ・ Mycobacteria spp |
Refurbishment of class walls during previous 12 months | Students LESS likely to have high exposure to: ・ Endotoxin ・ PenAsp, Aspergillus versicolor and Cladosporium herbarum ・ Cat and dog allergens |
Use of pesticides in school | Students MORE likely to have high exposure to: ・ Endotoxin Students LESS likely to have high exposure to: ・ Streptomyces spp and Mycobacteria spp |