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Evaluating the Relative Health of Residents in Newly Built Apartment Houses according to the Presence of Indoor Plants

Authors
 Ho-Hyun Kim  ;  Jung-Won Park  ;  Ji-Yeon Yang  ;  Kwang-Jin Kim  ;  Jae-Young Lee  ;  Dong-Chun Shin  ;  Young-Wook Lim 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE , Vol.79(2) : 200-206, 2010 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
ISSN
 1882-3351 
Issue Date
2010
Keywords
blood index ; indoor air quality (IAQ) ; mental health ; sick building syndrome (SBS) ; vital capacity
Abstract
Mental health and physical condition of residents in newly built apartment houses in Seoul, Korea were evaluated considering indoor plant placement for two terms of observation. Residents demonstrated severe symptoms of sick building syndrome (SBS) for at least two years. Indoor plant placement alleviated the degree of SBS symptoms along with ventilation. Residents showed improvements in mental health during the period of ventilation, which was facilitated by the placement of indoor plants. The placement of indoor plants failed to make significant differences in the vital capacity or blood indices of residents, but led to slight improvements in some factors like forced vital capacity (FVC) and change in total immunoglobulin E levels (T-IgE). From the results above, it could be postulated that the placement of indoor plants alone was not enough to reduce the level of indoor toxic chemical substances. Therefore, the placement of indoor plants could be an environmentally friendly method to reduce the levels of toxic chemical substances with the supplementary application of ventilation.
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DOI
10.2503/jjshs1.79.200
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Research Institute (부설연구소) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
4. Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Ho Hyen(김호현)
Park, Jung Won(박중원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0249-8749
Shin, Dong Chun(신동천) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-2280
Yang, Ji Yeon(양지연)
Lim, Young Wook(임영욱) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-2850
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/100905
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