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Indoor Air Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: Health Consequences, Policy, and Recommendations: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Indoor sources of air pollution worsen indoor and outdoor air quality. Thus, identifying and reducing indoor pollutant sources would decrease both indoor and outdoor air pollution, benefit public health, and help address the climate crisis.
N. Nassikas, M. McCormack, G. Ewart, John R Balmes, Tami C. Bond, Emily Brigham, K. Cromar, Allen H. Goldstein, Anne Hicks, P. Hopke, Brittany Meyer, W. Nazaroff, Laura M Paulin, Mary B. Rice, George D Thurston, Barbara J. Turpin, M. Vance, C. Weschler, J. Zhang, H. Kipen   +19 more
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Natural Ventilation Potential of Residential Buildings in China Considering the Combined Effect of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution

Buildings
With its rapid economic development, China has had to confront the serious issues of high energy consumption and air pollution. Natural ventilation is regarded as an effective method to reduce building energy consumption, but it is largely influenced by ...
Bo Lin, Changhong Xie, Yan Chen, Xu Xu
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Navigating dust storms and urban living: an analysis of particulate matter infiltration in Dubai’s residences

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023
In response to the growing concern of air pollution in Dubai, this study was undertaken to measure and analyze indoor and outdoor particulate matter (PM) concentrations in residential buildings during the spring dust storm period. The research focused on
Chuloh Jung, Naglaa Sami Abdelaziz Mahmoud   +1 more
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Indoor air pollution and airway health

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Because of the disproportionate amount of time that people spend indoors and the complexities of air pollutant exposures found there, indoor air pollution is a growing concern for airway health.
Jared Radbel, Meghan E Rebuli, Howard Kipen, Emily P Brigham   +3 more
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Study of association between exposure to indoor air pollution and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among nonsmokers in a North Indian population – A case–control study

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2019
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most killing diseases worldwide. Tobacco smoking is still the most common single cause of COPD, but in developing countries such as India, indoor air pollution is one of the common ...
Madhurmay, Suryakant, Hemant Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Rajendra Prasad, Ajay Kumar Verma, Arvind Kumar Singh   +6 more
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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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A review of air filtration technologies for sustainable and healthy building ventilation [PDF]

, 2017
Urbanization increased population density in cities and consequently leads to severe indoor air pollution. As a result of these trends, the issue of sustainable and healthy indoor environment has received increasing attention.
Chen, Xiangjie, Clements-Croome, Derek, Gal, Csilla, Liu, Guoliang, Liu, Lin, Pan, Song, Tang, Llewellyn, Wu, Jinshun, Xiao, Manxuan, Zhang, Xingxing   +9 more
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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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