Indoor air quality: Analytic assessment and employees' perception

Air quality and its influence in the human health is one of the biggest challenges of the modern society. Nowadays air pollution levels inside limited spaces often exceed the ones that are registered outside these spaces and can be the cause of several health problems. This study has evaluated the IAQ in a company and the perception of its employees regarding their exposure in the workspace. The main conclusion is that the most common symptoms indicated by the employees at their workspace (regarding air quality) are "rhinitis" and "headache". Most employees considered that their workspace has a "reasonable" or "good" air quality. Some buildings reveal highest levels of CO and fungi concentration despite of not showing quantities that evince risk to the employees.