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Outdoor-indoor air pollution in urban environment: Challenges and opportunity [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 With the continual improvement in our quality of life, indoor air quality has become an important area of concern in the 21st century. Indoor air quality is affected by many factors including the type and running conditions of indoor pollution sources ...
Dennis Y.C. eLeung
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Tobacco smoke, indoor air pollution and tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2007 BackgroundTobacco smoking, passive smoking, and indoor air pollution from biomass fuels have been implicated as risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) infection, disease, and death. Tobacco smoking and indoor air pollution are persistent or growing exposures
Hsien-Ho Lin, Majid Ezzati, Megan Murray
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Characteristics of indoor ozone pollution in residential buildings based on outdoor air pollution [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Ozone pollution can not only cause serious effects on human respiratory tract, lung, cardiovascular and immune system, but also lead to secondary pollution of indoor air environment by reacting with human surface sebum, building materials surface and ...
Jing Lijun, Wang Jun
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Global modeling of heterogeneous hydroxymethanesulfonate chemistry [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) has recently been identified as an abundant organosulfur compound in aerosols during winter haze episodes in northern China. It has also been detected in other regions although the concentrations are low.
S. Song +14 more
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National Science Open, 2023 Indoor pollution of manmade semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) such as phthalates are a growing threat to human health. Herein we summarize the dust-phase phthalate concentrations in Chinese residences reported from 2011 to 2021 and simulate ...
Li Yatai +6 more
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Contribution of hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) to severe winter haze in the North China Plain [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 Severe winter haze accompanied by high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) occurs frequently in the North China Plain and threatens public health.
T. Ma +19 more
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Systemic inequalities in indoor air pollution exposure in London, UK
Buildings & Cities, 2021 Deprived communities in many cities are exposed to higher levels of outdoor air pollution, and there is increasing evidence of similar disparities for indoor air pollution exposure. There is a need to understand the drivers for this exposure disparity in
Lauren Ferguson +6 more
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Public health reviews, 1982 Abstract As national trends accelerate towards the reduction of ventilation and infiltration rates in buildings, coupled with an increased use of synthetic chemicals in the indoor environment, a new phenomenon has arisen: the “sick building” syndrome.
Boleij, J.S.M., Brunekreef, B.
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Enhancing indoor air quality –The air filter advantage
Lung India, 2015 Air pollution has become the world's single biggest environmental health risk, linked to around 7 million deaths in 2012 according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
Vannan Kandi Vijayan +3 more
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World Allergy Organization Journal, 2020 Allergic rhinitis affects the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. Air pollution not only causes morbidity, but nearly 3 million people per year die from unhealthy indoor air exposure. Furthermore, allergic rhinitis and air pollution interact.
Robert Naclerio +22 more
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