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Current State of Indoor Air Phytoremediation Using Potted Plants and Green Walls

Atmosphere, 2021
Urban civilization has a high impact on the environment and human health. The pollution level of indoor air can be 2–5 times higher than the outdoor air pollution, and sometimes it reaches up to 100 times or more in natural/mechanical ventilated ...
Samaneh Bandehali, Taghi Miri, Helen Onyeaka, Prashant Kumar   +3 more
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Improving Indoor Air Quality through Standardization

Standards, 2023
Human beings experience a large fraction of their exposure to air pollutants in indoor environments. Air pollution is a large environmental health risk, and exposure to ambient air pollution and indoor air pollution contribute equally to the total number
John Saffell, Sascha Nehr
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Enhanced nocturnal and aqueous formation of CHON during winter haze in Beijing

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Organic nitrogen aerosols influence haze pollution, climate change, and human health, while our understanding of their molecular composition and formation mechanisms in polluted environments remains limited.
Hui Chen, Fengkui Duan, Tao Ma, Yongliang Ma, Jian Gao, Jingkun Jiang, Shuxiao Wang, Qinqin Zhang, Lidan Zhu, Takashi Kimoto, Tao Huang, Kebin He   +11 more
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EXPLORING INDOOR AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY AND RISK OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN SEBERANG ULU 1, PALEMBANG

Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2019
Adverse birth outcomes are determined by a complex combination of genetic, social, and environmental factors. Numerous studies have concluded an association exists between air pollution and low birth weight (LBW).
Dwi Septiawati, Ani Nidia Listianti
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Reducing CO2 level in the indoor urban built environment: Analysing indoor plants under different light levels

Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2023
Recent studies have highlighted that people spend most of their time indoors, making indoor air quality a critical concern. Indoor air pollution can have detrimental effects on human health, and the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in indoor ...
Nilanka Harshani Weerasinghe, Pasindu Kavishna Silva, Rohantha Rukshan Jayasinghe, Wasudha Prabodhani Abeyrathna, Gayanthi Krishani Perera John, Rangika Umesh Halwatura   +5 more
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HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ISSUES IN RURAL INDONESIAN COMMUNITIES USING FUELWOOD ENERGY

Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan, 2016
Two rural communities using fuel wood energy in mountainous and coastal areas of Java island in Indonesia have been surveyed to know their household characteristics and the related potential indoor air pollution issues.
Haryono Setiyo Huboyo
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Materials Contamination and Indoor Air Pollution Caused by Tar Products and Fungicidal Impregnations: Intervention Research in 2014–2019

Sensors, 2020
Construction materials containing tar products are a source of indoor air pollution in buildings. This particularly concerns old buildings, in which wooden structures were impregnated with tar compositions (creosote oil and Xylamite oil containing tar ...
Mateusz Kozicki, Adam Niesłochowski
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Review on the generation, characteristics and control methods of indoor ozone pollution

Frontiers in Built Environment
Under the dual effects of outdoor ozone (O3) pollution intrusion and indoor pollution source generation, the formation mechanism, characterization, prevention and control methods of indoor O3 pollution have been one important scientific issue in the ...
Jun Wang, Qi Wang, Tingting Wang
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The role of indoor air pollution and other factors in the incidence of pneumonia in under-five children [PDF]

, 2004
Background The World Health Organization has asked for a special attention to the relation between pneumonia and indoor air pollution, i.e., household biomass fuel smoke, cigarette smoke, and mosquito coil smoke, especially in developing countries ...
Surjono, Ahmad, Wastoro, Dwi, Iskandar, Iskandar, Sunyataningkamto, Sunyataningkamto, Budiman, Budiman, Lestari, Endang Dewi, Wibowo, Tunjung, Alan , Alan   +7 more
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IJCM_159A: Descriptive study on determinants of indoor air pollution and its perceived impact on health among residents of urban field practice area of a tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Indoor air pollution is the presence of unwanted substances in the indoor at concentration toxic to health. According to WHO, around 3.8 million deaths occur due to indoor air pollution every year.
Kulkarni Kulbhushan Subhashrao, Vinod D. Mundada   +1 more
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