Indoor air should be viewed on the basis of positive criteria that surpass the mere avoidance
of negative effects on occupants and buildings. The report aims at furnishing judgmental
criteria for defining a good indoor air from the sensory effect point of view and at discussing
requirements on methods of testing of sensory effects. Sensory experience is a foundation of
all our knowledge of the physical environment. Sensory perceptions are real and possible to
explicate, manipulate and measure. Common features of the sensory systems are�…

This article contains a summary discussion of human health effects linked to indoor air
pollution (UP) in homes and other non‐industrial environments. Rather than discussing the
health effects of the many different pollutants which can be found in indoor air, the approach
has been to group broad categories of adverse health effects in separate chapters, and
describe the relevant indoor exposures which may give rise to these health effects. The
following groups of effects have been comdered: effects on the respiratory system; allergy�…