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Monitoring Indoor Air Pollution [PDF]
Indoor and Built Environment, 2001 Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/ibe This special issue of Indoor and Built Environment collects together nearly all of the varied papers presented at the International Conference ‘Monitoring Indoor Air Pollution’, held in Manchester, UK, at the Manchester Metropolitan University, on the 18th and 19th of April 2001.
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Indoor Air Pollution Related Respiratory Ill Health, a Sequel of Biomass Use
SciMedicine Journal, 2019 Introduction: Climate change may worsen existing indoor air problems and create new problems by altering outdoor conditions that affect indoor conditions.
David Mulenga, S. Siziya
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Radon As an Indoor Air Pollutant [PDF]
Statistical Science, 1988 An overview of the environmental radon problem is presented, with special emphasis on risk estimation and its attendant uncertainties. Although remediation of radon in an individual house is usually fairly inexpensive, aggregate costs can vary greatly, depending on how many houses are deemed hazardous to health.
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Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2018 Background: Recent evidences showed that outdoor air pollution had significant influence on cognitive functioning of adults. However, little is known regarding the association of indoor air pollution with cognitive dysfunction.
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy +5 more
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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019 Rationale: Higher indoor particulate matter (PM) concentrations are linked with increased asthma morbidity. Dietary intake of fatty acids, also linked with asthma outcomes, may influence this relationship.
E. Brigham +14 more
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Biological Pollution of Indoor Air, Its Assessment and Control Methods
EncyclopediaThe aim of the entry was to write a substantial contribution that analyses and compares the biological pollution of indoor air, the possibilities of its assessment and the control methods. In addition, the aim of our entry was to review journals covering
Natalia Stocka +4 more
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018 Background Air quality affects us all and is a rapidly growing concern in the 21st century. We spend the majority of our lives indoors and can be exposed to a number of pollutants smaller than 2.5 microns (particulate matter, PM2.5) resulting in ...
G. Wong‐Parodi +4 more
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Indoor Sources of Air Pollutants
, 2019 People spend an average of 90% of their time in indoor environments. There is a long list of indoor sources that can contribute to increased pollutant concentrations, some of them related to human activities (e.g. people's movement, cooking, cleaning, smoking), but also to surface chemistry reactions with human skin and building and furniture surfaces.
Rivas, I +3 more
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Allergic Reactions to Indoor Air Pollutants [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1991 Inhalation of airborne chemicals can result in allergic sensitization with episodic pulmonary responses occurring on subsequent exposures. Responses may occur in the upper respiratory tract (rhinitis), the lower respiratory tract (wheeze, bronchospasm) or systemically, for example, a febrile response.
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Journal of Air Pollution and HealthIntroduction: The use of inefficient and harmful fuels and technology within and outside the home is the primary cause of indoor air pollution. Approximately 2.4 billion people on the planet still cook over open flames and inefficient stoves using solid
Yogendra Dommasandra Rajanna +4 more
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